Word: maintained
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...good-natured Pilot Frank Steinman attached the device to the prop of his OX-Waco. went aloft. Few minutes later he landed, told skeptics that his plane had flown 10 m.p.h. faster than normally; that his engine had to turn only 1,260 r.p.m. instead of 1,320 to maintain altitude. On the advice of friendly airmen Inventor Perry planned to reduce the weight (30 Ib.) of his anti-drag fan, ask the Army Air Corps to conduct experiments with...
Last week President Hoover threw conciliation and consultation to the winds. Unexpectedly he issued a statement appointing Editor Doak after all. He took occasion to rebuke Mr. Green, saying: "[His] enunciation that appointments must come from one organization in fact imposes upon me the duty to maintain the principle of open and equal opportunity and freedom in appointments to public office...
...struggle, aided by tales of the cotton picker, Moon rose to $16? a share. But Ruxtons were never produced commercially and fewer Moons have been sold this year than last. Last week Moon stock, selling at 75 cents, was stricken from the New York Stock Exchange for failure to maintain a Manhattan transfer office. A total Moon eclipse was widely predicted. Last week an end came to New Era Motors with a voluntary petition in bank ruptcy. Assets were listed at $317,000; liabilities at $855,000. Strange seemed the fact that last year New Era Motors paid...
...group was formed last spring under the auspices of the School, and now numbers among its members executives from practically every important American firm. They aim to maintain close contact with the research developments of the School and to discuss, at times such as the present gathering, personally with the profesosrs the work they are doing, what they did last year, and what they plan to do in the future...
...energy increasing U. S. game birds at a salary of $35,000 per year (TIME, Sept. 15). At that time he had understood that the organization was to be national in scope, was to have its headquarters in Washington. "Your subsequent determination," he wrote in his resignation, "to maintain the headquarters and executive offices in New York, contrary to our agreement and over my vigorous objection and your selection of all officers from New York City . . . robs the foundation of its proposed national character and limits its activity. ... I believe my efforts will be more effective in a broader field...