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...black against a setting of green leaved oaks and hemlocks. There is also a brook, and horsemen clatter over the wooden bridge that bestrides it. A group of boys are sailing boats in a duckpond, and the birds retreat to the far end, haughtily ignoring the invasion of their domain. In such a place even the shoddiest of men take on graciousness, and old ladies forget to prattle of their favorite ailments. Young men reveal the subtle ways of Spring in just that proper tilt of the hat. And, inevitably in May, flaunting their best clothes and their best looks...
Because the sun never sets on the Empire, British sport flyers are forever hopping & skipping about its sprawling domain on record-breaking distance flights. With small, slow, economical planes, the pilots achieve time records by steady plugging, frequent halts for refueling. Chief factors are the nerve and endurance of the flyer. Longest, toughest, favorite course is that from England via India to Australia. So long and so tough is it that Charles William Anderson Scott, after setting a new record last year, declared: "I wouldn't make the attempt again for a million pounds!" But last week Lieut. Scott...
From his flat-topped walnut desk in the far corner Col. Young can step to a wall map and survey the domain which he helped to build and over which he rules. There a network of dark lines traces 21,764 mi. of airway. Scattered white pins mark the nation's 2,034 airports. Lighted emergency landing fields stand out as 382 green pins while 53 blue pins designate radio beacons, 1,567 red pins, rotating beacon lights, 386 nickel pins, acetylene blinkers...
Professor Frederick A. Saunders has done his main work in spectroscopy; he was a pioneer in the study of series spectra long before the importance of this subject was generally recognized. He is also an authority in the domain of sound from the theoretical, practical and aesthetic points of view. In this field he has been the successor at Harvard of Professor Sabine...
...flung is the domain of American Commonwealths Power Corp., great public utility holding company. In the U. S. its operated properties serve 399 communities in 26 States. In Canada its system serves 250,100 people in three Provinces. Its gross revenues have been running at the rate of $26,000,000 per year with $2.800,000 left for the common stock. But last week Commonwealths, with $200,000,000 in assets, went into receivership...