Word: gusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...been argued by some that a great popular gust of feeling will carry Murray forward. It is a bit difficult to consider Alfalfa Bill seriously as a human being, and much more so to attempt evaluating his chances for the presidency. Figures such as Murray are by no means unique phenomena in the corn and cotton belt. Mounte banks and demagogues have attracted large followings before. Stockless Jerry Simpson talked to thousands in his day. Murray stands for a powerful element but his strength is likewise his weakness. He represents class and sectional interests that the Democratic Party must attempt...
Akron's Luck. Six members of a Congressional committee investigating charges of faulty construction in the U. S. S. Akron were about to board her for an inspection flight at Lakehurst when a terrific gust of wind whipped her tail free of the ground crew, bounced it against the ground. After a five-minute tussle the Akron was made fast again. The lower stabilizing fin, containing the after-control car, was smashed; a large expanse of fabric torn from the belly...
Holmes Airport. Only a few weeks ago a wind like that had kept the silvered globule from landing for 31 hr. Gingerly Pilot Dixon nosed the Columbia to within 50 ft. of the ground, when a sudden down-gust slapped the craft to earth. The impact knocked the engines askew, twisted the propellers into pretzels-one blade piercing the envelope. Before the ground crew could capture the ship an up-draught bounced it away again into the gale, ballooning crazily and quite out of control. Over the flatlands near Flushing Bay Pilot Dixon signalled Mechanic John Blair to yank...
...pictures enclosed by Reader Habicht shows the U. S. Navy's dirigible Los Angeles moored to the mast of the oiler Patoka at sea. The second picture shows the Los Angeles, blown skyward by a sudden gust, sweeping the16,800-ton oiler after it high out of water. No such incident ever did or could occur. Let Reader Habicht examine his copy Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung more closely. Let him note that it is the annual April Fool's edition. Other pictures in that issue: A "3,000-year-old bas-relief of priceless worth," showing Assyrian gentlemen, playing...
...storm broke suddenly last week. It was the worst in the history of the industry. A flurry of price-cutting suddenly changed to an open burst of cutthroat competition. Prices were slashed from 35? to 24? in the first mighty blast. The second gust toppled them to 19?. Then there followed tales of hurried secret conferences among alcohol men, of a truce. Prices became firmer, but the storm had done its damage. Alcohol men conceded that it will be a long time before business is done at 35?, or the now-to-be-marveled-at 1929 high...