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Miss Johnson's further objective was to beat the record of Flyer Harolc J. L. ("Bert") Hinkler who flew the same distance in 152 days (TIME. March 5, 1928).? All Britain hailed that flight?done in an 875-lb. Avro Avian at total cost of $250 ?as epochal in the history of aviation. Enthusiastic statesmen proclaimed that Hinkler "had outclassed Lindbergh...
...winning Harvard crews performed in a manner to make their mentors, Coach Sullivan of the lightweights and Coach Bert Haines of the Freshmen, justly proud of their charges. At no time during their race were the first year men in danger of being overtaken, and in the 150-pounders event the Crimson oarsmen pushed steadily ahead until they had a half-length lead over Tech at the finish flags...
...which bore advertisements for a patent electric belt, a dry goods store, and Mike's saloon. By far the best act in the Olio was not in the oldtime minstrel tradition, but bore the stamp of the modern night club. It was provided by Messrs. Sidney Easton and Bert Howell, whose trick improvisations on ukulele, violin, and portable organ brought loud applause even from those who wanted their minstrelsy atavistic...
...nautical sweepswinger's head broke through the surface of the ripples and landed against a rigger, almost added another chapter to the story but the crew held hard, the shocked oarsman bobbed up astern, and all was well except for a rather bad cut on his head. Bert Baines, who was coaching the Freshmen, farther up the river, was hailed and Colloredo was brought along side to fill the vacant seat. Coming events may cast their shadows but Time Out's real interest lies with the crab catcher...
Flying High. Producer George (Scandals) White, like Producer Florenz (Follies) Ziegfeld, no longer limits himself to the episodic frivolities of the revue, but now shapes the same sort of entertainment to form musicomedies. The chief attraction of Flying High is a onetime vaudeville comedian named Bert Lahr whose eyes are close together and easily crossed, who emits apelike noises and resorts to other equally obvious antics. His most successful gag is a vulgar parody of a procedure common to all medical examinations. A great many people find him very funny. His function in the plot is to act as foil...