Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...newshawks and photographers jammed the White House portico. . Secretary Mellon rolled up in his all-aluminum limousine, obligingly doffed a neat bowler to cameramen. Tousled Senator Borah barged through without giving anyone a chance to take his picture. Senator Watson of Indiana, always hearty with newsmen, arrived 20 min. early "to persuade the President to change his mind and give out an official statement at the conclusion of this conference." Undersecretary of the Treasury Ogden Livingston Mills came early to do the same...
Another device, sold commercially, consists of an arrangement of 200-mesh screens which slow up the flow of fuel just enough to let the water follow its own inclination to separate from the gasoline. Through it, fuel can be poured at the rate of 55 to 60 gal. per min. Chamois or felt will pass fuel only 20-25 gal. per min...
...Dartmouth 126. Winner, J. W. Fox '32; N. P. Hallowell Jr. '32, de Moulpied (N. H.), Arthur Foote '33, B. E. Estes '32, C. B. Currier '32, F. D. Murphy '33 Andberg (N. H.), G. N. Barrie '32 Blood (N. H.), Raduazo (N. H.), Noyes (N. H.), Time--23 min., 30 2-5 secs...
...Alden, author of a learned book, The Road to Culture * and repeatedly voted by students the most popular man of the N. Y. U. faculty. The only strange thing found in his history was his walking 15 years ago from Philadelphia to Manhattan, 90 mi. in 23 hr. 40 min. Editors telephoned, telegraphed, cabled and radioed last week for information on Professor Shaw's eminent non-whistlers. Pouting Premier Mussolini, despatches reported, whistles. Whimsical Professor Einstein whistles. Presidents Hoover and Coolidge have never been observed whistling, but President Roosevelt did. Other famed & able whistlers found last week...
Lieut. Stainforth dived onto the course, crossed the starting line at about 7 mi. per min., 100 ft. above the surface of the water. Five times he flashed back & forth along the straightaway, guiding himself by cloud formations, while electric timing cameras caught the picture that was too fleeting for any stopwatch to record accurately. Spectators watched nervously while Lieut. Stainforth made a landing at 100 m. p. h. in a choppy sea. Said he quietly: "I believe I've broken the record." Then he went to officers' mess...