Word: umbrellas
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...American mainland. For the first time, they roared up & down the China coast. If a landing in China was, as Fleet Admiral Nimitz said, "still an objective," then last week's forays by Vice Admiral John S. McCain's fast carrier task force showed that the aerial umbrella to cover it was already available...
...Schenectady, N.Y., a cocktail bar in Detroit, a bus in Houston, a Manhattan shoestore. She always remarks, in a loud, smug voice, that the war is making her prosperous and she hopes it goes on & on. At this point, a patriotic woman bystander lets go with a well-aimed umbrella, handbag, or whatever is handy...
...Umbrella Salesman. Easy-mannered Byron Nelson has come a long way since he worked as a clerk for the Fort Worth & Denver City Railroad, practicing golf in the evenings, before the depression knocked him out of a job. In 1932, he made his first professional golf tour and earned exactly $12.50. This year, with his average of 3.85 strokes a hole, he has picked up #39,875 in war-bond prizes, worth $29,906.25 in cash...
...ingenious aerial-delivery gadget was announced by the Air Technical Service Command last week. It is a rotary wing, shaped much like an ordinary maple seed, that twirls to earth without benefit of "umbrella" or rigging. The bulbous plastic container, hitched to the wooden blade, can hold 65 lbs. The rate of fall is slightly faster than a parachute's, but the "Sky Hook" is not subject to the wind drift that makes parachuting of supplies inaccurate from high (safe) altitudes...
...Umbrella Switch. On Dday, Coningham expected the Luftwaffe, which had been hoarding its last ounces of strength, to throw everything it had left against the invasion fleet. The Allied air commanders had made an estimate of the amount of Luftwaffe opposition expected. When only 20% of this expected strength turned out for a fight, Coningham was surprised. He promptly switched a sizable part of his defensive umbrella to offensive operations and the Germans quickly found what it was like to fight against total air superiority...