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...many an observer rightly guessed that it was the Sikorsky 8-42, world's largest amphibian. What they did not know was that it was on its final acceptance test-flight for Pan American Airways; that it was breaking eight world's records by flying the greatest load the greatest distance at the greatest speed...
...airmen the performance was wildly exciting. Over a measured course of 311 mi., her motors throttled down to only 69% of their maximum 3,000 h.p., the 8-42 had flown four times non-stop at an average speed of 157.5 m.p.h., carrying the equivalent of her full load-capacity of 32 passengers, crew of five, 2,000 Ib. of mail and cargo...
...handlers normally employed by the Union Stock Yards to feed, water, unload, load, drive and weigh cattle struck originally last November for better wages and hours. That strike was quickly settled when it was agreed to submit all questions in dispute to an arbitrator. Federal Judge Philip L. Sullivan was suggested by the union and accepted by the company. On June 1 he rendered a decision: A 10% to 25% wage increase retroactive for 13 weeks, a 40-hour work week and the stipulation that those terms were to be binding on both parties until June 1935. Six weeks after...
...date no type of airplane has been developed capable of crossing the Atlantic or Pacific with an effective military load, attacking successfully our vital areas, and returning to its base. . . . The 'Air invasion of the U. S.' and the 'Air defense of the U. S.' are conceptions of those who fail to realize the inherent limitations of aviation and to consider ocean barriers." For the so-called Mitchell plan of unification of the Army & Navy air forces under a separate air department the committee had scant sympathy. Such a plan "would be a serious error, jeopardize...
...their basements. Seattle kept an anxious eye on San Francisco. Fuel oil supplies were so low that in hotels and apartment houses hot water was curtailed. Many a filling station hung out the NO GAS sign. One ferry was converted to burn wood. But nonunion laborers continued to load cargoes, and Seattle had hopes that the conservative wing of its unionists would avert a complete walkout...