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...Reports from Plymouth, Vt., told the President that his father had made a remarkable recovery from his recent operation (TIME, July 13). "Remarkable progress," said Dr. Chute, Boston specialist...
...wire, from Plymouth, Vt. He gave word that he had visited the President's father, found him ill, found that the President's son John had sat up with his grandfather all night. Doctors were summoned. Major Coupal was sent from White Court. Dr. Arthur L. Chute, Professor of Genitourinary Surgery at Tufts College, was called. Colonel Coolidge was found to have an abscess of the prostrate gland and an operation was decided on at once...
Early prejudice against parachutes has entirely disappeared, since they are now as nearly fool-proof as possible. The members of the Caterpillar Club (men who have escaped a catastrophe by means of the chute) now number hundreds. Every Army and Navy pilot and many flying civilians are instructed in its use. The great Lieut. John R. Macready himself owed his life to this device. When his motor failed over the city of Dayton, his ghostly warning cry of "Hullo, there below!" frightened the men seeking his remains in his wrecked airplane...
...pilot or observer sits encased in a web harness, firmly adjusted to his body by straps and buckles. Above is a small container of canvas duck in which the great silken fabric, of 24-ft. diameter when open, is cleverly packed. A "pilot chute" -an umbrella-like contrivance with spring release-rushes easily out of the container, catches the wind and hauls the main chute out in a second or so. The great supporting surface opens up in an instant. Carefully arranged silk shrouds, made of Japanese silk (the strongest and lightest of textiles) pass continuously from a ring...
This reasoning was based in theory upon the fact that French Premiers rarely remain long in office. In fact, three problems were stated as likely to cause the "chute...