San Francisco, 265 San Francisco Advertising Club, 299 San Pedro, California, 117-118, 126, 138, 153 Santa Monica, California, 198, 201, 268 _Saratoga_, carrier, 21 _Saratoga_, carrier, new, 49, 77, 119, 127, 129, 135-141, 145-149, 152 Savoia Marchettis, 207 Schneider Trophy race, 98 Schwoble, Jake, 199 Scouts, long-range, 22 _Sea Cow_, SC-6, 77-79 Sea power, 4-5, 129-130, 288 Seaboard and Western Airlines, Inc., 303, 306-307 Seaplanes, 21, 43-44, 77-79, 84, 91 Seattle, Washington, 48 Secretary of the Navy, 40, 59 Selection Board, 9 Selective Service, 251 Self, Sir Henry, 222, 224, 226 Seligman, Mort, 134 Senn, Adm. Thomas J., 122, 136, 140 Service rivalry (_see_ Army-Navy rivalry) _Seven Roman Statesmen, The_, 250 Seversky, Alex P. de, 191, 199-200 _Shenandoah_, dirigible, 56-58 Sheppard, Edgar W., 56-57 Sherman, Vice Adm. Forrest, 63, 268, 292 Shipbuilders, 248 Sidney, New York, 40 Sikorsky, Igor, 47, 96, 173-174, 177-180, 183-184, 200, 208, 248 quoted, 309 Sikorsky Aviation Company, 164, 170, 172-175, 182-183, 196, 200, 204-205 reorganization of, 176-179 (_See also_ Vought-Sikorsky) Sikorsky planes, amphibians, S-39’s, 167, 173 clippers, S-40’s, 176-177 S-42’s, 180, 208 Sims, Admiral, 115 Sixth Battle Squadron, British Royal Fleet, 4 Slater, John, 183 Smith, C. R., 304 Smith, Karl, 112 Snyder, John W., 278, 286 Social security, 166 corporate, 273 Society of Civil Engineers, 93 Soleure, Switzerland, 39 Sorenson, Charles, 239-240 Soviet, 296 (_See also_ Russia) _Southampton_, light cruiser, 266 Southern California, wartime migration to, 272 Spaatz, Gen. Carl, 214, 292 Spark plugs, 42 Speer, Albert, 235 Speer, Genevieve, 2 (_See also_ Mrs. Wilson) Sperry Gyro Compass School, 74 _Spirit of St. Louis_, 103-106 Squadron commanders, selection of, 131-132 Stalin, 295 Standard Steel Propeller Company, 155-156, 160 Standley, Adm. William H., 189 Stark, Capt. Harold R., 136, 140 Starters, 33, 40-42 Stearman, Mr., 96, 172 Stewart, Sidney, 229 Stinson, Mr., 96 Stock-market crash, 1929, 158, 160, 172-173, 186 Stock-market speculation, 97-98, 154 Stoddard, Harry G., 264 Storrs, Put, 150 Strategic Bombing Surveys, 287 Stratford, Connecticut, 170, 173, 175 Strohm, “Matchew,” 142 Stromberg, 42 Studebaker, 232 Studley, Lt. Barrett, 87, 90 Stunt flying, 103 Submarine divisions (SUBDIVS), 130 Submarines, 292 German, 248, 287 Subsidies, 187, 280-281, 298-301, 306 Sullivan, Tiny, 117 Sulzberger, Arthur, 270 “Survival in the Air Age,” 290, 294 Sweden, 207 _Sylph_, yacht, 104, 106 Symington, Stuart, 292-293 T Taxes, 95 excess profits, 245, 274 income, 160, 221, 227-228 _Teal_, sweeper, 122 Thomas, “Woody,” 89 Three Musketeers, 134, 150