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...attacked each other last week on the strips of the New York Fencers Club did it with light foils, buttoned at the tip. Last year's champion, Dorothy Locke of the Salle d'Armes Vince, lost her bout in the semi-final strip against Amy von Hansa, a blonde from the German-American Athletic Club, but both of them qualified, with Marion Lloyd and Mrs. Norman Taylor Jr., for the final round-robin...
...clubmate who won the title in 1928 and 1931, fences with classic style and admirable poise, but flashing speed has lately enabled Miss Locke to beat her. She did it last week not quite so easily as the score suggested, 5-1, then came up against Miss von Hansa for the second time. It was a terrific bout. Finally at 4-all Miss Locke, attacking steadily, reached a climax of speed which her adversary could not parry, got home the winning hit. That settled the championship for another year, because all three of the finalists beat Mrs. Taylor...
Stolid Germans, munching veal sandwiches and sugar-topped kuchen at Hamburg's airport last week, failed to recognize Edward of Wales as he landed from the 40-passenger British air liner Heracles. Escorted by bristling Luft Hansa officials, H. R. H. sauntered into the refreshment room, sat down among the munchers, nibbled his first meal in Germany since...
...squalls would force planes down ; every emergency landing was made upon an airport. Vidal, executive vice president, and Collins, vice president in charge of operations, like to boast that the Ludington Line is the nearest thing to railroading in the air. Director Martin Wronsky of Germany's Luft Hansa made a careful study of it, began an hourly service between Cologne and Frankfort last summer. Last week Ludington added a new fast express schedule, 68 min. between Newark and Washington...
...which made its maiden trip over a commercial route in Germany last week. With Inventor Franz Kruckenberg & Wife in the coach, the great aluminum-covered projectile shot along the rails from Hamburg to Berlin at an average speed of 106 in. p. h., better than the schedule of Luft Hansa planes. On part of the run it hit 143 m. p. h., a rail record...