Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Thus last week Transcontinental & Western Air inaugurated the fastest transcontinental service in the U. S. Unusual for an inaugural flight, the plane was loaded with twelve paying passengers, no deadheads. The company had loosely publicized the new run as a 24-hour service. Actually it is 25 hr. 43 min. westbound by standard time; flying time three hours longer. Eastbound the elapsed standard time is 27 hr. 40 min.; flying time, three hours less...
...yard run won by B. E. Estes 1GB; second, J. E. Rogerson '34; third, J. B. White '34. Time 2 min...
Veiled Prophet In St. Louis crowds stamped their feet to keep warm waiting for the 53rd appearance of the Veiled Prophet. Thoughtfully he emerged 15 min. ahead of time from the fastness of "Khorassan.'' a dingy car barn on Ranken Avenue. With him came forth 19 floats depicting scenes from the life of Washington, towed by caparisoned horses along the street car tracks...
Elevators now run at between 900 and 1,200 ft. per min. The 67 (all told) cars in the Empire State Building can run, and the 74 in the Rockefeller Center building now being constructed will run, at 1.200 ft. per min. (14 mi. per hr.). Speed is scarcely felt, because the cars start and stop smoothly. But many passengers become uncomfortable as they ride. The air pressure atop the great tower buildings is about one-half pound per square inch less than at the street level. Elevator passengers feel the difference as an annoying pressure on the ear drums...
...obtainable. Reductions in asked prices since 1929 include the following typical examples: one room in Fred F. French's Tudor City, $55 against $75; seven rooms and three baths on 86th Street just off Fifth Avenue, $225 against $342; four rooms in Jackson Heights (big suburban development 20 min. from Manhattan) , $80 against $95. At Park Avenue and 47th Street, ten-room apartments have been offered at $500. In the upper 80's near Park Avenue, six rooms are generally available at $150, four at $125. A five-room duplex in the smart Gracie Square section was offered...