Word: instead
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...liquid-cooled Allison was a daring departure from the radial, air-cooled engines which had become standard in the U. S. In August, Allison expected to turn out 130 engines, actually produced 80, most of which went to Curtiss-Wright. These still had bugs, were limited to 950 instead of their rated 1,050 h.p. Last week the Army heard good Allison news for a change: that the last bugs had been eliminated, that Allison from now on would turn up full horsepower. Allison's production schedule called for 165-170 engines this month, 190 in November...
...French warships. The War Cabinet, according to this version, met, and Winston Churchill decided to take care of the French vessels outside the Mediterranean. The order was sent to let the Frenchmen out, but if they turned south, an M Squadron (light craft) was to keep them above Casablanca. Instead, during dark and perhaps stormy hours, the M Squadron lost the ally-enemy, and the Frenchmen reached Dakar...
...placed in U. S. private schools. Little Britons were surprised to find that most U. S. pupils wear no school uniforms. Skinnier than their U. S. contemporaries, they found the food much better than in British schools, quickly put on weight. They missed tea, got used to drinking milk instead, were delighted with unaccustomed shower baths and pencil sharpeners...
Bill Cunningham really gets around! Some one showed him around Texas A. and M. and Louisiana State, and he has been writing and talking about it ever since. I'm just waiting for him to point out that the Texas Aggies jump into their pants with both feet instead of putting them on. He seems to think those boys have energy to burn. Football has certainly been racing along the road to subsidization in recent but there will be barriers in the way. Southern colleges are the most outrageous and brazen in their actions--their reward will be schedules among...
...increase in dividend was voted at a recent meting of the stockholders, in accordance with which members who paid cash on purchases last year will receive a 12% return instead of the usual 10% while those who had checking accounts will get 10% instead of 8%. The largest 100 dividends will be mailed...