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Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, speedway and airway ace: " I told reporters in Atlanta that the demand for quicker transportation has ' made ' the automobile and will in turn make the flying machine. Also that I prefer airplane flying- ' There is less likelihood of accidents...
...time for the quicker-witted "con" man comes when the cargoes are unloaded at the wharves. Then in little wide rooms, perhaps with the persuasion of a revolver, the purchaser gladly pays $50 a case for the liquor. Brazen daring, cool savoir faire, are essentials in the successful applicant. . . . Perhaps these rum fleets serve a useful purpose--at any rate they attract the riff-raff of law-breakers and give the city police a needed rest...
...good supposing that dividends would be paid during the first ten or fifteen years, though the Alaskan experiment showed that the return is much larger and much quicker than any of its first investors dreamed of. Mr. Gilbert Grosvenor, of the National Geographic Magazine, should be referred to in this matter as an authority. He was ridiculed as a false prophet even for the modest support he gave the problem in 1902 in the National Geographic Magazine...
...Warner in conclusion, 'is to show the public that the airplane is a safe and practical means of transportation. It is not a machine for a circus stunt--it's just a sane means of travel. It is up to the United States if they want more efficient and quicker transportation to get behind commercial aeronautics and its development...
...suggests that all men who are in doubt regarding their present standing should cast their vote anyway. The question of the validity of the vote will be settled by the election committee and the College Office. It will make the work of the election committee easier and quicker if Sophomores will cast their votes on Wednesday morning on their way to or from classes...