Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. The Rev. Dr. Charles Fletcher Dole, 82, father of Pacific air race sponsor, James Drummond Dole (TIME, Aug. 22, et seq.); at Boston, Mass. While his son grew rich farming good Hawaiian pineapples, the Rev. Dr. Dole penned improving tracts: Early Hebrew Stories, Noble Womanhood, Jesus and the Men about Him, The Religion of a Gentleman, My 80 Years...
This year the club has branched out. A new plane was purchased in the West and flown to Cambridge from Milwankee. Two air meets have been entered with considerable success, and the Crimson flyers have also had a hand in the New England Flood emergency work...
...have qualified as members of the club by a strenuous training period both on the ground and up in the air. Though all of them are not licensed pilots they are considered sufficiently trained for membership...
...Air-Vanderbilt, Augusta, Georgia, the members will play on December 27, and at the Carolina Theatre in Pinehurst. N. C., the next day. The complete organization has been invited to dances following the concerts at the Mayflower Hotel. Washington D. C., December 29 and the Country Club at Wilmington. Del., December 30. The tour will end after the concert in Englewood, N. J., on New Year...
...repaired, these standard precautions are regularly followed: The top part of the tank, which slides like a cuff or sleeve over the base, is lowered and the gas squeezed out until only 2% or 3% of gas is left in the tank. Then the top is raised and air sucked in. This procedure is repeated until the percentage of gas to air is only .004. Then the valves are shut off and the gas main is disconnected. There are, of course, lightning arresters and guards against smokers...