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...Laerdal. Boldest Allied penetration was at Laerdal at the head of deep Sogne Fjord, 90 miles northeast of German-held Bergen and 140 miles northwest of Oslo. This was the landing closest to Germany, also closest (130 miles) to Stavanger, Norway's biggest air base, now German...
...country's biggest, boldest iron men (and U. S. bobbers have defeated Europeans in two out of three Olympic competitions) were not good enough last week to beat Katharine Dewey and her three teammates. Roaring down Lake Placid's Mount Van Hoevenberg run-iJ? miles of whizzing around 25 razzle-dazzle curves-Miss Dewey turned in times of 1 :08.08, 1 :08.52, 1:07.07 1:07.10. Her time for the four heats (4 min., 30.71 sec.) was a full second better than that of Big Bill Linney, winner of four successive major championships...
Theory. How "convulsant therapy" works, nobody knows. A score of theories have been offered, both physiological and strictly psychological. Boldest: 1) certain poisons invade the brain cells, cause schizophrenia, and shock treatment helps the body to combat these poisons; 2) the terrible fear of death caused by shock treatment inspires despairing schizophrenics to turn back to life...
...aviation pioneer, Inventor Stout comes of pioneering stock. Boldest invention of the American Revolution was his ancestor David Bushnell's tiny submarine that resembled two tortoise shells glued together, was dubbed "Bushnell's Turtle" (see p. 33). In 1919 U. S. airmen were shaking their heads over a contraption as outlandish as "Bushnell's Turtle," a fat monoplane that was mostly wing. To their surprise the "Batwing" not only established a new construction principle (internally braced wings), but became the first U. S. commercial monoplane. Thenceforth Inventor Stout, unlike his frustrated ancestor, found backers for other queer...
...What to do about Indiana's white-headed Paul McNutt, first and boldest Democratic candidate for Franklin Roosevelt's job (TIME, July 10), was a question which Mr. Roosevelt answered last week by inviting Mr. McNutt to become, after resigning as High Commissioner to the Philippines, director of the new, consolidated Federal Security Agency. In that post, at Washington. Candidate McNutt could be kept under surveillance and control, throttled if necessary. Or he could be built up as heir-apparent if that seemed more desirable. Able, ambitious executive that he is, he could be counted on in either...