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This was the conclusion McFarland obtained after scientific observations and laboratory tests made on the crew of Pan-American Airways' "China Clipper" during a round-trip flight across the Pacific last summer...
Dick Harlow, Jock Sutherland, head football coach at Pittsburgh, Clipper Smith of Villanova, Tad Wieman, new Princeton mentor and Lou Little of Columbia were named yesterday as members of the faculty of the New York Herald-Tribune's fourth annual coaching school...
...thoughtful story, by Lieut. Commander Frank Wead (Ceiling Zero, China Clipper), conceives two sodden-nerved men, one a swaggering, hard-living and egotistic pilot (Clark Gable), the other his patient, understanding mechanic (Spencer Tracy). On the fear-tortured mind of the flyer's wife (Myrna Loy) their almost brutal fatalism rasps like a file. Credit for blending this grounded mental conflict with the melodrama of wings in the air, screaming struts and whining motors goes to Director Victor Fleming (Captains Courageous). Not the least of his accomplishments was to exact performances that verge on reality from pert, actressy Myrna...
Your issue TIME, March 28: Proposed specifications for Seversky Super-Clipper among others, 70 toilets for a total of 136 people. . . . Hmm. . . . MILTON D. KAHN...
...made no comment on the merit of Seversky's proposed ship, resolutely held secret the other submitted plans. As a $7,000,000 price tag had already been hung on the "Super-Clipper," it was obvious that Seversky had no expectation of getting an order...