Maguire’s intuition drives vast industrial empire
The article profiles William Maguire, “Tommy Gun Tycoon,” detailing how his rule of thumb is intuition over formal engineering. It traces his rise from a failed mortgage firm to acquiring AutoOrdnance, then Maguire Industries, with 34 plants from Connecticut to Iowa and profits peaking near 580000.
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hwnan @nzineering
Maguire
Forgot Ten Arms
Bridgeport
Conn
United Nations
Newne
Connecticut
Iowa
Maguire Industries
Thorn
Meriden
Cons
Worcester Academy
T.wat
Naval Air Corps
New York University
Oman
School of Hard Knocks
Masuire
Alco Valve Co
St. Louis
Richmond Radiator Co
Autoordnance
Thomson
Thomas Fortune Ryan
Ryan
Fec
Derest
Securities Exchange Commission
Dunkerque
England
U. S
Russia
Maguire Industries, Inc
Russell Maguire
New York
Fifth Avenue Sportsnéat
Virginia
Southhampton
L. L
Local Residents and Visitors Highlight Jersey Notes
Cropseyhike Mrs Everett Lawless and daughter visit New Jersey. Miss Agnes Smythe of Troy visits Miss Mr Newbury. Mrs Within Fonda of New Jersey visits Mrs Millard Littlefield. Mrs Lestie Hakes completes school census. Missionary meeting held at the Davis sisters home. Mrs George Pollock Mrs S A Davis and Miss C E Hubert appointed to plan a covered dish supper. Mia Arthur Link and daughter of Waterville have returned home.
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Everett Lawless
New Jersey
Agnes Smythe
Troy
Newbury
Within Fonda
Millard Littlefield
Lestie Hakes
Carrie
Minnie Davis
George Pollock
S.A. Davis
C. E. Hubert
Mia
Arthur Link
Waterviler
U S Personnel Helped Brazil in Food Output
Americans aided Brazil's wartime food program under H A Cardinelli. Experts built farms and facilities, loaned cotton-chopping tools, and trained 16 farm schools to boost rice, beans, poultry, and cattle. Evidence shows loans repaid at 97.3 percent by end of 1944 as volunteers shift duties to Brazilian agriculture.
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Lareing
Mich
United States
Bradil
H. A. Car
Bracil
Exriculura
InterAmerican Affairs
Cardineli
Brazil
Consisuet
Diseases On Increase In Berlin
Berlin health expert Prof. Paul Vogler warns of rising communicable diseases amid Allied occupation chaos. Typhoid cases rise daily, sanitation struggles persist with damaged pumping stations and refugee influx taxing delousing and vaccination efforts. Officials coordinate with occupation authorities to deliver serums and vaccines as districts receive antituberculosis and antityphoid programs.
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Berlin
Paul Vogler
Charite
Vogler
Nikolai V. Barinov
Berners
Hee
Nogier
san‘Hapia
Vogter
Bartender Turns Bookish Hobbyist in New York Salon
A New York bartender at the Alexandra, Philip Van De Karr, stacks 1,403 volumes of history and fiction and hosts a bookish salon among patrons, editors, and publishers from Doubleday Doran, Scribner’s, Viking, Dutton, and Harcourt Brace. He boasts deep American history knowledge and often corrects historians while refusing tips. He began reading in Nijmegen and became a naturalized American in 1916.
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New York
Philip van de Karr
Alexandra Restaurant
Phil
Stork Club
Longchamps
the Alexandra
Edna Forrist
Lincoln
Burgoyne
Cornwallis
W. E. Woodward
Tom Payne
Howard
Pamphieteer
Hollander
Omne
Nijmegen
Amer- Seay
Case
Doubleday Doran
Scribner's
Reynal and Hitchcock
Viking
Historian Buff Phil Smith Reflects on Writing and Reading Habits
The piece describes Phil Smith, a bar worker and avid reader, as he discusses favored historians Douglas Southall Freeman and Samuel Eliot Morison, dislike of excessive swearing in some writers, and his careful, retentive reading style. It notes his life in New York with a California father, a Jackson Heights home, and a summer bungalow in Orange County New York.
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Sinclair Lewis
Robert Smith
Phil
Smith
Douglas Southall Freeman
the Beards
Samuel Elliot Morison
Hupert Hughes
Washington
Howe
Brooklyn
California
Jackson iHeights
Orange County
M. Y
Wires Cause Fire Endangering Homes. Suppers Planned
High winds caused two New York Power and Light Co wires near Burden Avenue and Sulivan Street to spark flames endangering homes for two city blocks. Firefighters quickly controlled the situation after a power cut and the flames died out. Plans for a Sisters of the Good Shepherd benefit supper and festival are set for Thursday September 27 at the Guardian Angel Home with supper from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
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Burden Avenue
Sulivan Street
New ‘York Power and Light Co
Gamage
Power Company
Sistera of the Good Shepherd
the Guardian. Angel Home
Crossword Clue Scramble Reshapes Puzzle Card
Fragmentary OCR yields a crossword puzzle item with cryptic clues and partial numbers. The readable text hints at musical themed entries and a monetary cue of six dollars for a two by two grid, with a 41 across style reference.
200 Horsepower IMotor For Small Planes From GM
General Motors announces a new 200 horsepower air cooled engine for private planes. The four cylinder radial unit uses a two cycle design with a supercharger and 275 pound dry weight. Buick Motor division studies potential and production plans proceed. C. E. Wilson noted liquid cooling claim and compact 35 inch diameter.
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Detroit
General Motors Corp
General Motors
C. E. Wilson
Buick Motor Division
Civilian office equipment rush as firms plan multi year expansion
New York firms announce a massive civilian supply push for typewriters adding machines and office gear. Remington Rand plans wide expansion to prewar output while Royal Typewriter and others phase in portable and standard models ahead of Christmas demand. Production will take years with quota allocations and material shortages.
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New York
Bos
Nene
To & Great
Ernest
SM. Kaapp
Remington Haz, Inc
Kaapp
Compani
Fsusmins
Royal Type Ik Tae
Remington—Rand Haz
Roysi
Smith +LC. and
Corona Co
Underwood Corp
Remington Rand
International Business Machines iCorp
Radio electric typewriter research and new office furniture plans
A firm conducts extensive research on the radio electric typewriter and experiments in ultra short wave transmissions. The Dictaphone Corp begins production of acoustic and electronic machines for civilians. A general office furniture firm announces delivery of chairs desks and steel shelving will start in December.
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Dictaphone Corp
General Fireproofing Co
California Firm Plans Truckette Production
A California company announces plans to produce a three wheeled truckette named Truckette at a facility in Burbank. The design features a single front wheel and two rear wheels with a power motor and drive system. Production targets include a facility output around 50 units daily by January with initial pricing near $50 per unit in Southern California.
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K Burtington
Teslcraft Munetuets
Bretze Patie
Lockhead
California
Faster
City Plans Inhalator Purchase To Aid Fire Department
Mayor Jona J. Agern announces a city buy of two inhalators to be stationed with the Fire Department. Fire Chief Carla sanrita notes a prior incident where three men were overcome by sewer gas and sewer gas injuries prompted the need for the equipment.
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Troy
Jona J. Agern
Carla Sanrita
London Lifted Wartime News Censorship
London ended wartime censorship as Associated Press stories could be transmitted worldwide without the censor's approval for the first time since September 3, 1929. The change marks a new openness in reporting from the British capital.
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London
Associated Press
Oil and Tankers in Pacific War Supply Talks
U S naval planners assess wartime oil logistics in the Pacific as large fleets of government controlled tankers operate near Japan. Analysts estimate storage and shipping capacity, with major oil groups hoping to reclaim tonnage within six months.
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New York
Geri Seples Macarthur
Adm
Checer Senitz
Japan
Pacific
Geet Harsie
Yo Chine
Ris
Pacific Islands
Pearl Harbor
Guami-tast
Wars Biore Oil and Gas
Hor
Army
Navy
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Cropseyhike
U.S
M. L
Clara. Newbury
Joseph Wagner
Grafton
George McGill
Canada
Prank. Pollock
George Daniela
Boston
Ainsk
Congress
Truman
Rt Ie
Stoett
City
Paul
Prospect Park
Bureau OF Building and Combustibles
John J. Knaupp
Supr. of
Stags
Pioneer
Johnny
G. I
Building Loans & Savings Assn
Second ST
Dashiven Ot Vaderet Savings
Sosuvence
Mutual Savings. and Loan Association
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