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...fighter at 17,000 ft., then his ammunition ran out and he scooted for the field, on which bombs were already dropping. When he landed, a bomb fragment creased his right arm. Jernstedt, who had gone up to help him, got a bloody face from a shattered windshield, but landed his plane safely...
...persons who filed returns in calendar 1940, the 15,000,000 in 1941 will be some 22,100,000 in 1942 and still more if personal exemptions are again lowered. By Feb. 1 every one of the 36,000,000 motor vehicles in the U.S. must bear a windshield sticker signifying that the motorist has paid a $2.09 tax for the privilege of using a car. Then after five months the motorist must buy a $5 sticker, good for the 1942-43 fiscal year...
Studebaker '42s have 1) automatic shifting and elimination of clutch pedal, 2) iron-alloy pistons, 3) bulky, locomotive-like grilles, 4) one-piece curved windshield on some models. Studebaker will take it easy on prices, may not boost them...
...mist ripped open by a trim, broad bow, saw a tiny boat skim by, skittering off the tops of waves, pelting through others in a burst of spindrift. On her bridge they caught a quick glimpse of hooded men, goggled, drenched with spray, hanging on behind a tiny windshield. On her deck, if they got a good look, they saw four torpedoes, two glassed-in turrets housing twin machine guns. Then she was gone, a bellowing little boat that faded into the grey rain. Now & then another one would blurt past...
...feet for Interviewer Johnson (see cut); Jim Moran, the sedulous wag who claimed he once sold an icebox to an Eskimo in Alaska. For Vox Pop Moran attempted to demonstrate that people could lose their inhibitions by throwing eggs into electric fans. Done up in a shower cap with windshield wiper, rubber gloves and raincoat, Moran explained his theory of release, let fly at an electric fan. There was a dull plop. The man at the fan had neglected to turn...