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...President Roosevelt is a liberal when he speaks, but, since the net result of his actions is demonstrably to strengthen the controls of government over the actions of individuals, he is not a liberal in any sense that has really historic significance...
...Havana last week Agustin Parla, noted Cuban flyer, and Jesus Gonzalez Scarpeta, newspaper writer, dueled with pistols as the result of an article written by Scarpeta. On their first shot, both men missed; on their second, Parla missed again, Scarpeta held his fire...
Many delays, re-routings, cancellations and accidents result not from port-to-port flight through bad weather, but from hazards of landing when the destination has been reached. FORTUNE reports that some airmen therefore hope that universal application of a workable blind-landing system would increase commercial air traffic as much as 500%. Reasons why this development has not yet been made: Airlines cannot afford field equipment ($25,000 to $40,000 per field); the Bureau of Air Commerce is authorized by the Air Commerce Act of 1926 to spend Government money for beacons and beams between airports...
...Little Minister) has not made a stage appearance since she retired in 1918. Her only recent connection with the theatre has been as professor of drama at Stephens College, Columbia. Mo. Recently, 65-year-old Maude Adams went to Culver City, Calif., took a screen test. Last week the result was announced: Miss Adams will star in a picture David Selznick plans to produce next fall. Said proud Cinemogul Selznick: "It will be a privilege to introduce her for the first time to the millions of the new generation...
...ovum is expelled from one or the other ovary during each monthly cycle. So, ordinarily only one ovum can be fertilized. Ovaries may or may not alternate in ovulation. Occasionally two ova are expelled at the same time or very close together and, if both are fertilized, twins result. According to this possibility, four years ago a South Dakotan claimed that he was father of only one of his wife's twins, and a judge agreed with him. Said Dr. Bundesen last week: "Since the twins are unlike and one is smaller than the other, there is a possibility...