Word: ft
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...announced in enigmatic but unusually enthusiastic language for that reticent group that it had gone the "Queen Bee'' one better. According to the Air Corps, an old single-motored Fokker had taken off from Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, with three men aboard, climbed to some 2,500 ft. where one of the men cut in the Sperry gyropilot and threw a mysterious switch. Then all three men leaned back with folded arms while the plane flew ten miles to Patterson Field and made a perfect landing, controlled not by a ground operator but solely by its own ability...
Born in Surprise, Neb., Rufus Woods saw his first circus there. When he grew to 5 ft. 8 in., 210 lb., 59 years, he was well-known in the State of Washington as editor and publisher of the Wenatchee World. Last week the nation became aware of Mr. Woods, through widely published pictures, as the editor who turned clown...
...propertymen). Two were on the upper deck, one on the lower. Winch Operator Philo Goodfriend started his electric winch, slowly raised the magic carpet into the air-Ptt! one of the supporting cables snapped. Before there was even time for a warning shout the heavy platform had bumped 20 ft. to the ground, fatally crushing Winch Operator Goodfriend, hurting Propertyman Harry Harsha so badly he died in hospital a few hours later...
Only drawback to Bad Guy is that the sensational shots of man-made lightning snaking through the air in 40-ft. arcs are likely to inspire more respectful attention in a lay audience than Bruce Cabot's cheerful swagger...
...Hurdler Towns won the 100-yd. dash in 10 sec., the high jump at 6 ft., anchored a team that won the 880-yd. relay. His Troop F won the meet...