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...Murphy knew about production. British-born, he had come to the U.S. in 1909, worked since then as a traction executive in Pittsburgh, New York, Albany. He took off his coat, had M3's clanking off the assembly lines five months later...
...Patton Jr. was fighting for his life. His neck had been broken in an auto accident when he was on his way to shoot pheasants. He fought with the same tenacity with which he had fought his enemies. He was mending so well that medics took off the elaborate traction apparatus and put their 60-year-old patient in a plaster cast. There was talk of flying him home. Then a respiratory infection set in. Last week-twelve days after his accident-George Patton died in his sleep...
...million in goods, the Dutch for $250 million. Rich merchants from India, with rubies as big as turkey hearts in their turbans, wandered about Washington, seeking bargains. But there was just too much to carry away in a hurry. And who wanted used WAC uniforms, old-fashioned traction splints and Elizabeth Arden black face cream for night attacks...
...group of amateur inventors in Washington, Pa. announced that they had finally found the right adhesive combination. Their new tire, which works by friction, seems to give better traction than snow tires based on a gripping action. The tire material, a mixture of rubber and abrasives, feels gritty, like fine sandpaper. Designed for year-round use, it works equally well on snow and ice in winter and on wet, slippery pavements in summer...
They had talked of many things, they said, but mostly about Chicago: slum clearance and traction reorganization, creation of a port authority and building of new airports, and also a convention to draft a new state constitution...