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...Their balloon will be five times as large as the Navy balloon which made the official altitude record of 61,237 ft. last Autumn (TIME, Nov. 27), three and one-half times as large as the Soviet balloon which made an unofficial record of over 62,000 ft. (11.8 mi.). Their aim: 80,000 ft. (15 mi...
...Pont highway. Facing the highway, a handsome Colonial building on a spacious green houses minuscule Delaware's equally minuscule General Assembly. In the House there are 21 Democrats, 14 Republicans. The Republicans control the Senate of 17 by one vote. Because Dover is no more than 60 mi. from any adjoining State border, Delaware's 52 Legislators for the most part commute to work by automobile. One hundred and fifty other State officials and employes live in Dover all the time, pride themselves on the town's small but famed biggest factory, Richardson & Robbins Co. (canners...
...private management "at least until it is shown that this cannot be relied upon"; 2) relieve the railroads from the operation of all Federal and state anti-trust laws; 3) continue and expand a liberal government lending policy until private capital can be obtained; 4) reorganize the 44,000 mi. of railroad now in receivership or bankruptcy with a sharp reduction in their fixed charges; 5) enact legislation for the I. C. C. to compel consolidations; 6) revise the clause in the Emergency Transportation Act limiting any reduction in the number of railroad employes...
...when conducting my log ging operations in northern Minnesota, I was 200 mi. from the point on Rainy River where International Falls, Minn, and Fort Frances, Ontario are now situated. . . . It was midwinter and a blanket of snow three feet deep made travel difficult. There were no roads. Accompanied by my head timber cruiser we covered the distance on foot and finally arrived at the Hudson Trading Post, one beautiful moonlight night after midnight with the thermometer at -40°. I viewed the wonderful water falls there and decided to become a real pioneer. The outcome was the building...
...Vines found himself, crowded the net continually, trounced Tilden 6-0, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2. Til den, erratic and off poise, plainly showed annoyance at linesmen and noisy gallery. Tilden's professional troupe, which includes also Vincent Richards and Bruce Barnes, will tour some 60,000 mi. this year through the U. S., Europe and the Orient...