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Soon the British decided they wanted a Hayward-run training center too. So Hayward borrowed $200,000 from the British Government, still more from his friends, slapped up Falcon Field 25 miles east of Phoenix. This succeeded right off the bat -Southwest was on its way. To handle the Army's stepped-up pilot program Hayward expanded the original civilian school and built Thunderbird Field II. To overhaul training planes and engines he set up a big repair depot. To haul high-priority military cargo he started an airline over a censored Pacific Coast route. Meanwhile Southwest trained thousands...
...score at the half read 26 to 9, and Penn's lead was too much a potent rally by the Harvard second team in the third quarter. A dislocated finger suffered by Captain Bunks Burditt after the first ten minutes of play damaged the Crimson cause right off the bat. However, Sophomore Dick Forster, playing in his home town, did a beautiful job of filling the high-scoring, captain's shoes...
...second period saw the home team speed up the action, but goalie Harding and his stellar defense men held the Nassau at bat without too much trouble. Then Harding (Dick) netted his second tally on a pass from center Al Everts at 11:00, and the Crimson moved out into a 3 to 0 lead, with Olie Taylor in the penalty box, at 19:33 on a solo goal by Captain Johnny Paine...
...Aged five, Dali pushed a boy smaller than himself off a railingless bridge. "He landed on some rocks 15 feet below. I ran home to announce the news." That same year Dali fell in love with a wounded bat. Says he: "I picked up the bat, crawling with ants . . . but instead of kissing it, I gave it such a vigorous bite with my jaws that I almost split...
There are a few varieties of bat which do not hibernate, including the Red Bat, the Hoary, and the Silver-haired. Some live in the forests of Washington or Canada, eating insects during the summer, but when winter comes they migrate southward...