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Wild Bill Cantrell in My Sweetie and Bandleader Guy Lombardo in Tempo VI. Jones had it all worked out. On the straightaways, Slo-Mo-Shun skimmed along with its 1,500-h.p. Allison engine wide open, leaving a spectacular rooster-tail wake that shot 30 ft. into the air. On the turns, to save damage to his boat's lightweight hull, Driver Jones slowed down like a Sunday excursionist...
That kind of driving did more than win him the first heat. It also set a heat record with an average of 80.1 m.p.h., while four of the eight starters were being forced out with mechanical trouble under the punishing pace. My Sweetie and Tempo VI were among the survivors, and in the second heat My Sweetie forged into a long lead. Then its engine caught fire, and Slo-Mo-Shun again rocketed home first, with an average of 80.9 m.p.h...
...agricultural show in Cornwall, King George VI halted before a stall marked "Infestation Division." "What's that name they call ratcatchers now?" asked the King. "Rodent operator, that's it! I suppose Whitehall thought that...
Death of Wolfe, on loan for the first time. The Mexican National Museum of History contributed scenes from the Mexican War, and from his private collection King George VI sent a print of a naval engagement on Lake Champlain...
Appointed by King George VI in London as commanding officer of the anti-aircraft frigate Magpie: son-in-law Prince Philip (see cut), who will have 192 men under his command (his first). More good news for Philip: he is due to be promoted from lieutenant to lieutenant commander, which will mean an increase of nine shillings ($1.26) a day, bringing his base pay up to ?1 12s ($4.48). His marriage allowance (as the husband of Princess Elizabeth) of 18 shillings sixpence a day ($2.23) will stay the same...