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Less than ten years ago National Airlines was the Toonerville Trolley of the airways. By last week little N.A.L. (1,087 route miles between New Orleans, Jacksonville, Tampa, Miami and Key West) was ready for big-time commercial aviation, with a brand-new Civil Aeronautics Board license in its pocket. As soon as it can get the planes, National can start regular flights to New York through the prize air-travel territory of Savannah, Wilmington, N.C. and Norfolk. The expansion was financed by increased operating revenues (May's take: $156,000) and a $113,333⅓ stock issue which...
...will do when she is very much alive." Feeling Seedy. In Wichita, Mrs. Mil dred Braley learned what happened to her bowl of nasturtium seeds when her test-pilot husband rose heavily from the table, commented: "I can't say I think much of your new brand of breakfast cereal." Bushed. In Los Angeles, Edward Jones tossed $400 into a clump of bushes just before holdup men grabbed the $20 in his wallet; after the robbers had gone, he hustled over to the shrubbery, found his $400 had gone...
...Navy gave them brand-new Corsairs and the Marines flew them from Henderson Field to lead the mounting Solomons campaign...
...Unbelievable. He devised brand-new production-line methods to turn out the infinitely intricate gun mounts, which contain some 7,000 watchlike parts. To man his plant in manpowerless Minneapolis, he raided other companies, even gave his workers a $10 bonus for each new worker brought in. To whoop up pro duction he served turkey dinners in the plant for 25?, gave War Bond door prizes, installed foot baths for employes, bombarded them with such Hawley slogans as: "Let's work like hell for liberty." The Navy showered "E's" and praise on Hawley. Said one admiring naval...
...Janeiro. Soon they will sail for overseas battlefields (destination: secret). The President and his people had not been chummy of late (Brazilians want more democracy), but here was something of which they could all be proud. For over two hours the ruler-straight lines swept past, replete with brand-new howitzers, anti-tank guns, mortars, armored cars, jeeps from...