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Within one week after they flew the Atlantic to Germany and Denmark in the Bellanca Liberty, the names of Pilot Holger Hoiriis and Passenger Otto Hillig could scarcely be found in U. S. newspapers. Their momentary flame of fame had been blown out by the propeller blast of the glorious Winnie Mae (see col. i). Here & there little two-paragraph despatches told of their jaunt from Copenhagen back into Germany, where Mr. Hillig became king for a day to the 300 inhabitants of his native Steinbrucken, whence he emigrated to the U. S. 40 years ago. There he shook hands...
From the truth of thy symbolic flame...
...lasting contributions made by geniuses to the sum of human civilization and culture. . . . [The world's] history is properly the history of its great men." Says Durant, the pendulum has swung too far; it is time to turn again to hero-worship. "Too soon we extinguished the flame of our hope and our reverence. Let us change the ikons, and light the candles again...
Near Gladewater, Tex. one night last week, a 300-ft. mushroom of smoke and flame hung in the sky, casting dull yellow highlights on the charred boles of nearby pine trees, lighting the sweaty faces of many men. Sinclair Oil Co.'s No. 1 Cole well had gushed in, caught fire, killed nine workmen, belched flame for eight days (TIME, May 11). Suddenly came an ear-splitting explosion heard 15 mi. away in Longview. The fiery mushroom lost its stem, swirled up into the night, vanished...
Some years ago among newspaper publishers appeared little sparks of resentment against threatened competition from Radio. Puffed upon constantly by the tradepaper Editor & Publisher, those sparks burst into flame last week at the Manhattan conventions of the Associated Press and American Newspaper Publishers' Association...