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Weetamoe and Yankee, both contenders for defending the Cup in 1930, were remodelled to conform to this year's rules. Yankee, a heavy weather boat which holds the record for the 30-mile Cup course, had her bow sharpened to make her faster in light airs. Frank Paine, her...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Off Newport | 7/2/1934 | See Source »

*Last week U. S. Steel's subsidiary, Pittsburgh Steamship Co., gave orders to recondition 40 freighters to carry ore down the lakes from Duluth. In 1932 less than 4,000 tons of ore were shipped on the lakes. At the present rate 20,000,000 tons of ore will...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Earnings | 8/7/1933 | See Source »

When Dempsey last summer announced that he would undertake a series of exhibition bouts to recondition himself for an attempt to regain his title, no one knew exactly what he meant. Skeptics surmised that he had no intention of ever fighting heavyweight Champion Max Schmeling, but mentioned the possibility to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Dempsey v. Fish | 2/29/1932 | See Source »

Dr. Rusby, 75, retiring (this month) dean of Columbia University's Department of Pharmacy, one of the revisers of the U. S. pharmacopoeia, reiterated to the Senate's investigating committee last week the well-known fact that Spanish ergot is better than Russian ergot. The Russian product until recent months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Again, Ergot | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

This year's increase in flying time may be attributed largely to the fact that the plane has been kept in use throughout the winter. Even during the Christmas vacation, the plane was in operation on Long Island, and members of the club have been in the air a great...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FLYING CLUB HAS USED PLANE OVER 100 HOURS THIS SEASON | 1/28/1930 | See Source »

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