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...Boomerang. At the annual luncheon of the Associated Press in Manhattan a month ago (TIME, May 5), President Harding launched what seemed a harmless little trial balloon. Now President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University has turned that balloon into a boomerang...
...trial balloon rose rapidly through the stagnant political atmosphere of Washington, and at high altitudes struck currents that reveal a danger lest Mr. Harding's 1920 campaign pledges become an election issue in 1924, occasioning a rift in Republican ranks...
...negotiations may start and stop, but, it seems, the Ruhr goes on for ever. The French are still busy intensifying their occupation, more troops are being rushed into this already intense area. The Germans are still busy increasing their passive resistance. The position is comparable to an over-inflated balloon ; it will not hold any more " air " without bursting. Even as it is, Britain and Italy are itching to supply the almost irresistible pinprick...
...sickness Major Thomas Scott Baldwin died in Buffalo at the age of 69. Long associated with aeronautics, " Cap " Baldwin was the originator of the parachute and was the first man to dare descend in one-in San Francisco in 1885. For many years he flew and manufactured balloons, dirigibles and planes. In 1893 he operated at the World's Fair in Chicago the first balloons owned by the United States Army. During the war he was Chief of the Army Balloon Inspection Service...
...Balloon Race Indianapolis will get the national elimination balloon race, which will be held at the Motor Speedway of that city between June 9 and July 4. The entry of 14 contestants is assured. Those pilots who finish first, second, third, will represent the United States in the international James Gordon Bennett trophy race at Brussels in September. At Toulouse, Georges Barbot took off in a glider, remained in the air 15 minutes, and landed-without the aid of a wind. This because the glider was equipped with a 7-horsepower auxiliary motor...