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Hams. In Sudbury, Mass., John H. Whitworth reported that two hens which had stopped laying eggs had gone into production again after appearing as props in a local theatrical show...
...Americans will sacrifice their cherished Sellers screw thread profile in favor of a slightly modified British Whitworth profile, and the British will give up their 55° angle of thread in favor of the U.S. 60° angle. The agreement will eventually save millions of dollars, make cooperation in war & peace easier...
...purchaser, the Hawker Siddeley Co. of London, which controls many of Britain's biggest aircraft concerns (e.g., A. V. Roe, Hawker Aircraft, Armstrong Whitworth), will continue to make the Lincoln bomber,* reportedly will switch to the Tudor, the civilian version of the Lincoln, after the war. The company has also agreed to maintain an undisclosed level of employment at the Canadian plant, set up a completely integrated aircraft industry in Canada, including research and development...
Died. Ernest Whitworth Marland, 67, onetime (1935-39) Governor of Oklahoma, who made and lost two oil fortunes; in Ponca City, Okla. As Governor he drilled oil wells on the Capitol grounds, made the State some...
...Warspite's truck when she shouldered into Narvik flew the flag of Vice Admiral William ("Jock") Whitworth, Commander of the Battle Cruiser Squadron, at heart a small-ship man, "the Beatty of this war." He has twin sons, aged 29, in the Navy. Commander of the Destroyer Flotillas is Vice Admiral Ronald H. C. Hallifax whose flagship, the light cruiser Aurora, was air-bombed the same day as Sir Charles's Rodney and with like effect...