American Airplane Engines Lead World In Power Test
Aviation editor notes US engines set the pace in the war prep race. Pratt & Whitney and Wright engines, 1850 to 2000 horsepower, back shipboard fighters and long range bombers. British needs rise as production scales and bottlenecks loom for in line and liquid cooled motors.
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Devon Francis
Associated Press
New York
Roscoe Turner
Cleveland
Roscoe
Germany
England
America
Roosevelt
Pratt & Whitney
United Aircraft Corp
Wright Aeronaut.ca Co
Curtiss-Wright Corp
Wright
Pan American Airways
Atlantic
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Army Air Corps
Air Corps
Great Britain
Navy
United States
Allison
General Motors Corp
Allisons
Norway
Low Countries
France
Rolls Royce
U. S. Army Air Corps
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
New Republic
Speed claims for German and American aircraft described
The report notes speeds surpassing 360 miles per hour for a Curtiss type 40 with an in line engine and compares it to the German craft known as the 109. The text suggests both models use inline engines and highlights their similar high speeds.
Community Notices and Social News from Morgan County Oak Ridge
Local readers report a busy social week with visits and gatherings. Miss Sibyl Terry and Martha Mae Terry hosted a party December 28 at the Terry home, joined by Edith Griffin Eve lyn Mitchell Grace Bulllard Dorothy White and many others.
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Sibyl
Martha Mae Terry
W. O. Terry
Edith Griffin
Evelyn Mitchell
Grace
Marie Bullard
Dorothy White
Othella Rogers
Ruby
Lee Braswell
Ozelle Sharrott
L. C. Osborne
Price
Millard Morris
James Sybert
Greer Vest
Floyd
Lloyd McAbee
Gillman Bullard
Brandon Vest
Oscar Sybert
Ben Moore
Ruba Vest
Ottie Weaver
John Hardin
Gertrude Wynn
Lola Pear Vest
Ruth Sandlin
E. C. Morris
Vinnie Sparkman
Josie Means
Dripping Springs Social News Notes
Morgan County update records unimproved conditions at A. H. Jeffers home. James Hamilton and Patterson families share holidays with relatives. Roy Patterson and Mrs Patterson visit his mother. Ber Howell visits Newell Dunlap. Dorothy Bell spent Sunday with local residents.
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Freda Holmes
Alton Brown
Tom
Penwell
Albert Bel
Madgie Bates
Mary Hall
Ebenezer
Bud Hale
Albert McNally
Rlin Hale
Cara Orn
Jack Bates
Garlin Hale
W. J. Bates
Miss Doss
Dripping Springs
Hartselle
A. H. Jeffers
James Hamilton
Roy Patterson
Patterson
Ber ‘Howell
Newell Dunlap
Dorothy Bell
Expert Outlines President's Emergency Powers for Defense
Washington expert says current emergency powers suffice to cope with defense needs and that a broad blanket emergency is neither necessary nor possible. He notes powers come from statutes and the constitution, applied step by step rather than by sweeping proclamation.
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Washington
Roosevelt Proclaims Expanded Fiscal Powers Since 1933
The text notes the president’s monetary control under a 1933 proclamation granting broad fiscal authority. It states Mr Roosevelt now holds nearly all fiscal powers short of wartime needs, indicating a substantial expansion of executive financial prerogatives.
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Roosevelt
White resigns as Emporia Gazette chair in Kansas
William Allen White resigns as active chairman of the committee to aid the allies and prepare backing for America. The Emporia Gazette publisher steps down while New York headquarters accepts reluctantly. The executive committee will meet Tuesday to choose a successor.
Dunkirk Bank Loans Funded by Local Executive
For 20 years David Wright, a 70 year old Dunkirk seed company executive, extended unsecured loans totaling about 1 million dollars to his native city. He says he is not a philanthropist but has aided city leaders about 20 times in two decades.
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Miss Gleason
Miss Deane
New England
Cary Essex
Wetuxet
Cape Cod
South Station
Boston
Cape
Canal Bridge
Essex
Kaye Gould
Cary Essex II
Kaye
Althea
Beulah Gould
Cary Essex IV
Janet
Mark
Cary
Macdadomed
Dunkirk
David
Wright
W Seed Company
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Elliott Fillion
Sunnyfield Plain
White House
Sunnyfield Pure Hog
Oleo
Chuck, IL
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Heinz
Clapps Baby Foods
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Morgan County
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CCC
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Thrasher
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Ottice Weaver
Siby Terry
Opal Roberts
Annie Vest
Edith
Opal Morris
James Kent
Floyd McAbee
Gadsden
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