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...trunk of a fallen fir tree
...told last year, U.S. trunk airlines carried 232 million ton-miles of freight, up 6.4% from 1937. American gained 15% (to 95 million ton-miles); United gained 14% and Delta 40%, in the first eleven months alone. The Flying Tiger line, operating largely as a cargo carrier, jumped 25%, to 65.6 million ton-miles and a $12 million gross. The big boost comes from a new approach to cargo by both the lines and businessmen. Instead of relying on emergency shipments of badly needed goods and the small oddball traffic in perishable orchids, baby whales and race horses, the airmen...
...nomads anymore," says Actress Arlene Francis. "They're only interested in security, and they can get that by staying home and working 52 weeks a year on television." Says Celeste (Third Best Sport) Holm: "People used to tour as a whole family. Family life was preserved in that trunk you hear about. Families still reminisce about being together for Christmas in Dubuque and all that jazz. Today, actors won't give up family life at home...
Portable Stop Light. A portable, radio-controlled traffic light that fits into the trunk of a car was demonstrated by Porta-Signal Division of Dryomatic Corp. of Alexandria, Va. Designed for police use at school crossings, traffic jams, the light can be set to flash red or amber as a warning, or preset for a variety of green-amber-red cycles. It can also be operated by radio. Price...
After Look Back in Anger and The Entertainer had made John Osborne famous, he raided his trunk and came up with Epitaph for George Dillon, a product of his early, hungry years. Though it was written in collaboration with Anthony Creighton, Dillon shows unmistakable signs of being Osborne's work, and as such it was produced in London and New York. (If Creighton does not receive his due from audience or critics, it is because most of them have never heard of him, and have no way of knowing what...