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...Roosevelt brought home to the U. S. press (which for the first time in 19 days met him last week aboard the U. S. S. Houston at Balboa, C. Z.) two stories that in Ulysses' day would certainly have been referred to the oracles for interpretation: 1) At Galápagos, on shore leave, seamen from the Houston beheld two huge hawks swooping down upon a herd of wild goats. Each hawk seized a kid in its talons, started to flap away. Hurling stones at the hawks, the sailors made them drop the kids, which they took aboard...
...potentialities would also be super. By stepping its gas capacity up to 42,500 gal. it could fly 12,000 miles, carry ten bombs weighing a ton apiece, as well as a "sizable" torpedo boat to maintain surface contacts or search suspected ships...
...Surgery, Gynecology & Obstetrics-that it can be stored indefinitely and that it is "a safe, constant, efficient and lucrative source of blood for transfusions." Estimating the recovery of four ounces of blood per delivery, the total saving of blood in U. S. childbirths would aggregate some 60,000 gal. per year...
...high. Its great metal hull is suspended beneath a 157-ft. wing span. Stubby sea wings extend 13 ft. from the sides of the hull directly below the main span, contribute to the strength and stability of the whole ship and provide storage space for 4,260 gal. of fuel. In the nose is its anchor hatch, dual flight control station, bridge, navigation and radio rooms. Three passenger compartments and a lounge in the centre of the hull provide space for 45 passengers by day, can be converted into sleeping accommodation for 26 by night. Fanciest gadget is a lounge...
Stand-In (Walter Wanger). "You wouldn't want a star to endure the heat of the lights while they set the cameras and microphones, would you? So they dig up a gal ... to stand in for the star while all this torture goes on. . . . When everything's set the star, cool and immaculate, puts her dainty little feet in the chalkmarks. The standin, worn and wilted, fades out of the picture...