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...Postmaster General and his appointive aids have much to learn. Career men in the Department would understand perfectly what was meant if a report came in saying: "The Oscaloosa graveyard shift pulled three nixies in a Mother Hubbard." But First Assistant Postmaster General John H. Bartlett might have to scratch his head over such a message. In any case, there is no reason why U. S. postmasters should not use everyday language. So last week First Assistant Postmaster General Bartlett instructed his subordinates to omit "technical" terms from their reports...
...Harvard Flying Club won places in three races at the opening of the Worcester Airport yesterday. A crowd of 40,000 people saw the races. A. U. Pabst 3L., starting from scratch in the lightplane handicap race, finished third, and won a cash prize of $125. Crocker Snow '26 flew in the handicap race for all planes of high horse-power, and finished fifth. In this same race, Fisher Ames 2L., flying his own plane, finished third. Ames, who is Vice-President of the Flying Club, also entered the race for high powered commercial craft with his own plane...
Resignation? A new sponge must always be soaked before using or its fibres may scratch the hand that uses it and the surface it is intended to clean. The question last week in Washington was: did Secretary Mellon put such a thorough damper on Assistant Secretary Lowman that the latter might soon resign...
Going below, Captain Aubert found his passengers picking themselves up, putting themselves to rights, after being tumbled about for three minutes as in a brutal storm. Fortunately, the only damage was minor bruises, sprains and a scratch in the left hand of right-handed Jean Borotra, Davis Cup tennis man from France...
...with a 20 yard handicap in 4 minutes 29 1-5 seconds and later taking third in the half. Although he had a handicap in the mile Reid distanced the field by considerably more than the length of his starting advantage. In the half Reid and Haggerty starting from scratch led, running about even until they reached the home stretch. Then from nowhere in particular appeared an unheralded runner, Gerior, of the St. Alfonso A. C., and forged ahead of the Crimson stars to break the tape in the lead...