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Word: wellses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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"The men are sick of a war which is never won, eaten with worry for home and family. If they try to desert, Chinese fall on them and kill them. Missionaries in Shansi report that Japanese often steal inside mission compounds to cry, or come to the gates to whimper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR IN CHINA: Eagles in Shansi | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Surprised by the cleverness of Finland's preparations, Russia's press exploded in wrath. Wrote Nikolai Virta in Pravda (from Terijoki, where Russia has set up its joke People's Government): "When our tired men wanted to drink, they found all the village wells filled with earth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: Such Nastiness | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

This answer to a promoter's dream was fine for the rig's inventors: Carl White Jr., master salesman, and Harry H. Franks, master mechanic. Their Franks Manufacturing Co. has sold 35 truck-mounted rigs to date at $50,000 apiece. The rig eliminated the cost ($650-$2...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Derrick's End? | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

He was worried because Shell expected to have to spend a million dollars to erect permanent derricks on its 900 East Texas wells as soon as the oil stopped flowing freely and pumping became necessary, The derricks had to be there for pulling and cleaning the wells' rods and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Derrick's End? | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

Three months ago they turned out their first unit: a portable derrick high enough (84 feet) to pull the double-jointed tubing of the deeper wells. One of its two sections telescoped inside the other to make it short enough to transport. Shell tried it, liked it, bought two at...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Derrick's End? | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

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