Word: unitized
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...story: "An offer of one million pounds a year is reported to have been made by CBS for the right to exploit Luxembourg Radio. . . . I understand that Colonel William Paley, head of CBS, has recently taken time off from his duties as chief of the Psychological Warfare Radio Unit to negotiate the deal with the Luxembourg Government...
Some day in the not-so-distant future, housewives may turn into ladies of leisure: they may have a trim, prefabricated power plant to do most of their house work. Dr. John J. Grebe, head physicist of Dow Chemical Co., has blueprinted a compact, 3,500-lb. unit which will cook, wash the dishes, wash, dry and iron clothes, freeze food and provide all bathroom facilities. The whole unit, says Grebe, is only a little bigger than an automobile and will sell for about the same price...
Grebe's machine is a U-shaped room, 7 by 12 feet, which can be fitted some where into a house - or, under its own roof, added on. Grebe suggests that a large house may have several units (guests might want to do their own laundry or pick up a snack in privacy). At the base of the U is a Swedish-type stove, burning smokeless coal, which supplies heat and power for the unit. Along one arm of the U is ranged a food-freezing compartment, a refrigerator, an ironing machine, warming ovens, a cooking range (using pressure...
Born. To Corporal Mickey Rooney (real name: Joe Yule Jr.), 24, indefatigable cinemadolescent, now with a Special Services entertainment unit in Europe ; and Betty Jane Rase Yule, 18, tall, blonde Miss Birmingham of 1944: their first child, a son ; in Birmingham. Name: Joe Yule 3rd (nickname: Mickey). Weight...
...accepted for this program will be assigned to a V-12 unit at some college on or about November 1, 1945. The length of training with the V-12 unit will be from one to three four-month terms, depending upon the individual's back-ground, and the needs of the Service. Failure to meet the standards of the V-12 unit will result in transfer to boot camp...