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Bewildered Hudson men could only point to their record: An Army-Navy "E" in January; Navy praise in February for boosting production tenfold; cabled praise from General Eisenhower in May; another bouquet from the Navy only a month...
...being made commercially is by the extremely slow growth of a mold similar to a cheese mold. But plans for expanded manufacturing facilities and experiments on new processes hold out hope for an increase in the supply. In recent months the leading producers have increased their output more than tenfold. Last week Commercial Sol vents Corp. and Winthrop Chemical Co. announced that they were building big new penicillin plants...
...that will be needed to increase air freight tenfold, or a thousandfold, when peace comes, are more and bigger planes and an understanding among nations. Aviation can guarantee the planes. Some of them, like Consolidated's new 400-passenger transport, are on the drafting boards. The tremendous rest is up to the world's statesmen...
...Maharajadhiraj Raj Rajeshwar Narendra Shiromani; Maharajah Sri Ganga Singhji Bahadur, 62, soldier-statesman: of cancer of the throat; in Bombay. He succeeded to the title when he was seven, began to rule Bikaner (pop. about 1,000,000) when he was 18. He multiplied the province's income tenfold. For the British he commanded the Bikaner Camel Corps in the Boxer Rebellion, served in the Imperial War Cabinet in World War I, was the only Indian to sign the Versailles Treaty. For 40 years he dazzled English coronations, a walking tower of jewels. At his Golden Jubilee...
...make every game a vendetta. He adopted a trade-mark brown suit and a pugnacious air, took to arguing with the fans, bowing deeply to right & left when he was hissed, waggling a finger like a 10-20-30 villain. Soon Kentucky's basketball crowds grew tenfold. The whole countryside now turns out to see the hated "Man in the Brown Suit" and his "pore li'l mountain boys." So far this season, Kentucky has lost only two games: to Ohio State and Indiana...