Word: tankful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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After the towed gun came models mounted on self-propelled chassis. Some of these tank destroyers have been in action: in routing Rommel from Egypt and Libya, General Montgomery had 24 such U.S. weapons (105mm. howitzers) among his 3,000 guns...
With Ford organized, the Association next attacked Packard, who has since agreed to talk business. From Packard Keys moved into the Chrysler plants (including the tank arsenal), four plants of the Hudson Motor Car Co., and General Motors. At a recent meeting General Motors' Wilson said to Ray Rausch, Ford superintendent: "The Association may get into your plants, but they won't get into mine." Replied Rausch: "Charlie, they're already in your plants...
...items; 2) war work or not, with no metal and rubber, less wood and paper, they cannot keep up peacetime production. But the Toy Fair showed that U.S. playthings will certainly not be as dreary as the toys British moppets had to take last Christmas, when a toy tank, crudely modeled of wood, with beer-bottle caps, stuck on for gun turrets, sold for a pound...
...Gilbert Co., famed for its metal Erector sets, has invented reasonable facsimiles in wood and porcelain. Lionel Corp. has substituted fiberboard model railroad kits, with "realistic roadside accessories," for their streamlined electric trains. Other ersatz build-it-your-self sets ran the gamut from Flying Fortresses and anti-tank guns to farms complete with milking pails, and three-ring circuses complete with rolling lion cages. There were cardboard guns that rat-a-tat-tatted just as if they were made of metal, Para-Commando dolls (with ammunition and food kits), miniature WAVES, WAACs and Marines, wooden roller skates...
...networks (NBC and CBS) argue that what they have to sell is live shows, that any tank-town studio can put on a recorded show, that listeners want shows that are "live...