Word: surf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...board assumed "that troops have landed through light surf [as Marines must often do] and that rifles were dropped or dragged over wet sand in reaching cover on the beach." The rifles were exposed to saltwater spray (but not actually soaked in water), dropped in wet sand. Results: the Springfields fired "in the normal manner." But "the bolts on the two [Garands] could not be opened by hand after the first and second shots respectively. The firer had to stand up and use his foot against the operating handle in order to open the actions. Both [Garand] rifles ... failed this...
...board assumed that "troops have landed through heavy surf sufficient to break completely over men and equipment, and immediately engage in combat on a sandy beach." Results: both Garands failed to operate as semi-automatic rifles (i.e., reload automatically after each round). One failed completely and the firer had to hammer the bolt with a mallet; "the other operated by hand with extreme difficulty." The Springfields continued to work, with slight difficulty. On these salt water tests, the Garand was rated last, the Springfield first. (See pictures of how bullets are made...
...bond issue back & forth between member companies via a $10,000,000 rubber check (TIME, May 20); how operating companies had to pay two salaries for each of many employes, one to the employe and one to Hoppy; how Hopson deducted huge bills at the lavish Palm Beach Sun & Surf Club from operating income; how he had induced investors to buy non-voting securities while he held control with $100,000 of voting stock. Estimated Hopson bilkings: $12,225,726 from bond manipulations, $7,043,896 from padding bills, $354,676 used to settle stockholders' claims outside of court...
...last week seven tons of Duralumin "tractor," driven by a twelve-cylinder automobile engine, chugged into the surf of Guantanamo Bay and set out to sea. Instead of sinking, the Buck Rogersian vehicle paddled to & fro at ten miles an hour, turned, charged the beach and landed a party of U. S. Marines...
...Nantasket Beach, Mass., a bather thought he saw his wife weltering in the surf, frantically summoned lifeguards, who plunged in, rescued a beer...