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Jumps. H. E. ("Spud") Manning hugged a 25-lb. sack of flour in his arms when he baled out at 14,000 ft. in one of his famed delayed-opening parachute jumps. His tail of flour against the pale blue sky made him look like a comet's ghost as he plummeted down a full two miles. Not until he was within 1,000 ft. of the ground did he jerk his rip cord, break his 147-111.p.h. fall, soar down to a perfect two-leg landing in midfield...
Professor Mather will probably cover the various theories of the formation of the earth, whether from nebular matter in space; or perhaps by a breaking off from the sun owing to a tidal wave created by a passing comet, the Jeans theory. He will present the various conjectures and discoveries about the formation of the earth's shell of rock...
...Fairey before dawn one day last week, climbed Squadron Leader Oswald Robert Gayford, 41, a stolid sharp-beaked pilot long seasoned in the R. A. F. After him went a handsome youngster named Flight-Lieut. Gilbert E. Nicholetts. As the big plane lumbered down the concrete runway, sparks spouted comet-like from her tailskid. It was 7:15 a.m. By 7 :15 p. m. she was roaring across the north coast of Africa. During most of the day, the "robot" controls had steadied her through thick weather. Not until they were over the Sahara that night could the pilots take...
Little is known about the comet, which is not perceptible to the naked eye. It is believed to be nearer to us than to the sun, but whether it is coming or going will be a matter of conjecture until photographs show an increase or decrease in brilliance...
...comet will be called either "1933" or "Peltier," after its discoverer, a notable variable star observer who was one of the discoverers of the famous Peltier-Whipple-Sase comet of last year...