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...Lufthansa seaplane with swastikas on her tail, Nordmeer in large letters on her flank. Considerably larger than the two twin-motored German flying boats which crossed the Atlantic several times last summer (TIME, Sept. 21), she had been catapulted from the Azores, made the 2,392 miles in 16 hr. 28 min. without incident...
...from this session, which lasted until 2 a. m., Mr. Hillman emerged with a smile on his face and a contract in his pocket. First step toward stabilization, it agreed to union recognition, $18 weekly minimum for weavers and $15 for other less experienced workers, a 40-hr., 5-day week, time-&-a-half overtime...
...give Endeavour a further view of her stern, although Skipper Vanderbilt won the next two races by less embarrassing margins: 4 min. 27 sec. and 3 min. 37 sec. Nevertheless, Ranger set new America's Cup records by sailing the fastest 15-mile windward leg in 2 hr. 3 min. 55 sec. in the third race, and the fastest triangular 30 miles in 3 hr. 7 min. 49 sec. in the last...
...English Channel. Plowing the waves like a torpedo, he swam eleven miles in five hours, was four miles off the Dover breakwater in nine hours, met a strong southwesterly tide and was three hours covering the next two miles, finally waded ashore between Dover and Folkestone after 13 hr. 29 min. Twenty-third to complete the channel swim, Blower was 2 hr. 45 min. slower than the Bohemian mechanic, Venceslas Spacek, who set the record in 1927, 1 hr. 2 min. faster than the 1926 mark of Manhattan's Gertrude Ederle who was the first woman to swim...
Averaging 31.2 knots, the French Line's Normandie last week sped across the Atlantic (Ambrose Light to Bishop's Rock) in 3 days, 22 hr., 7 min., fastest crossing in history. Since she had just made a westbound trip in 3 days, 23 hr., 1 min., she acquired, all in ten days, both eastbound and westbound records. Her increased speed is attributed to new propellers with a deeper pitch, and four blades instead of three...