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Thus, with prejudice and the precedent of failure to overcome, the authors of "Magazine Article Writing" deserve extra congratulations for the work they have turned out. They both either lecture or teach at Columbia University, yet manage to keep their ears very close to Fleet Street. They get down to brass tacks at the outset, and keep themselves right at work in a businesslike, lucid manner, until they have led the reader through the various processes of article writing, recognizing and planning material, writing, and getting the work printed. There are chapters on various types of articles, interviews, biography, book...
...combination of endurance and reliability with speed. Lack of funds has been a constant handicap. The Navy's request for $3,000,000 to carry on aircraft development has been cut down to $2,000,000 per year for three successive years. In 1929 the Navy's air fleet was given $32,089,000. This year it was cut to $31,430,000. For next year the service has asked...
...importance of air control in naval combat was last month clearly emphasized in the fleet's maneuvers off Haiti (TIME, March 24). Umpire of that theoretical conflict was Rear Admiral Thomas Pickett Magruder, whose criticisms of the Navy put him on the "waiting orders" list for months (TIME, Oct. 3, 1927). Scouting planes from the Lexington located the Saratoga and Langley just after daybreak while their flight decks were filled with aircraft. Admiral Magruder ruled that the Lexington planes damaged the Saratoga's flight deck which was later destroyed by bombers from the Lexington. Likewise the Langley...
Greyhound Lines began by losing money, and Wickman sent Orville Swan Caesar to build it up. Once a mechanic's helper, Mr. Caesar entered the bus business by operating a taxi fleet in Superior, Wis., then a small stage line which was later bought by Northland Transportation. He made Greyhound Lines prosper, and as a result now, at the age of 37, is U. S. bus tycoon, President of a corporation with an estimated investment of $16,000,000 and profits (last year), of $1,549,000. He rarely leaves motors and roads to putter on his yacht...
...Cruisers and more cruisers are the need of the American Navy. . . . This is the consensus of officers of the U. S. fleet, fresh from experiences gained and lessons learned in the 'Battle of Navassa...