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...their own. Quick were Army Air Corps officers to say that the U. S. sight was still a U. S. secret. But none doubted that German ingenuity had developed a bombing sight for World War II that was modern, scientific, accurate. Typical level-flight bomber in the medium range (24,900 Ib. fully loaded) is the sleek, two-engined Heinkel He. in K which carries a crew of four, makes bombing a highly coordinated job for two men, the pilot and the bombardier. These, with other types (Dornier, Junkers, etc.), were the ships that were trying to soften up Britain...
Percussion orchestras mean little in the life of the man in the street. For Maestro John, Cage they are the medium of a rich and exciting fine art, shot through with potentialities. Purpose of his music, explains Cage, is the exploration of sounds and rhythms which were previously considered nonmusical. He hopes some day to make use of electrical instruments capable of playing sliding tones, get any desired sounds in any desired rhythm. For the present, Percussionist Cage contents himself with "dragons' mouths," wood blocks, rice bowls hit with chopsticks, temple gongs, pipe lengths, secondhand brake drums, baby rattles...
...Montgomery Ward, which has in recent years ventured into higher quality lines, pulled in its horns a bit, but continued to expand its medium-higher-priced lines. Whereas the 1939-40 catalogue featured a top-price fur jacket at $139.50, 1940's stopped at a $69.50 fur coat. While last year's customer was offered a single $59.50 fur-trimmed coat, the 1940-41 buyer had three to choose from...
...served in the War, Navy and National Defense Ministries, and for leading the suppression of the bandit Cedillo two years ago was given the highest possible Army rank, divisional general. Stout, with piano legs and sofa shoulders, of medium height, he was shy until his certainty that he would win the campaign made him brash. His extracurricular passion is polo. His string of ponies has traveled all the way to Long Island...
...aristocratic, hand-tooled maker of a few thousand $2,510-and-up cars a year has changed itself into a mass-production unit, is this year rolling 120,000 Sixes ($867 at Detroit) and Eights ($1,038) off its assembly lines. The man who led that invasion of the medium-priced automobile field was Macauley's successor, ex-Truck Salesman Max Gilman...