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Focke-Wulfs and Messerschmitt 109-Fs had run head-on into the terrible fire power of 50-caliber heavy machine guns, which outrange the German fighters' 20-mm. cannon. Beside the Fortresses were Liberators (four-engined B-24s), making their debut in a Western Europe mass raid. With a lower ceiling than the Fortresses, Liberators fly faster, carry four tons of bombs on their extreme range of 3,000 miles to the Fortresses' three tons over 3,500 miles. Redesigning will give both planes room for an even greater load, which they already have the power to lift...
...Garner's view of Frank Murphy's handling of 193 fs motor strikes is that the President of the U. S., not the Governor of Michigan, was at fault-in not early and firmly condemning sit-downs. Frank Murphy's steadfast point is that the use of force would certainly have caused heavy bloodshed. He was there, he knew the ugly temper of the men, and Captain Frank Murphy, who saw two years of the War with the infantry and is by nature gentle as a girl, would not shed blood...
...Vanderbilt Cup race. Major George Robertson. After the War Major Robertson admired Italy's Monza course near Milan, thought a similar course near New York City might be a profitable venture. Three years ago he found a suitable spot-old Roosevelt Field, named for Roosevelt Fs aviator son Quentin, killed in the War, the field whence Lindbergh. Byrd. Chamberlin ct til. took off for Europe...
...gave himself the satisfaction of nearly applying. He appeared at the registrar's office and at the last legal minute lowered his papers till they nearly touched the table, then took them up again. Curmudgeonly Agrippa Prastberg lived on a raft, once a year ruined the Lagerlöfs' kitchen clock by "regulating"' it. When mischievous urchins daubed his floating home with paint, he showed his resentment by lying motionless in his punt. Doctor Piscator was a dangerous man to call in because he stayed so long. But he was a violent pro-German, and the Lagerl...
...Churchill's Fs. "In 15 lines there are 13 and in 10 lines...