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Died. Harold Giles Hoffman, 58, who zoomed in New Jersey's political firmament as a Republican Congressman (1927-31) and governor (1935-37), then, fizzled like a spent skyrocket; of a heart attack; in Manhattan. With an ambitious eye on the Republican presidential nomination in 1936, Hoffman let his vision stray to the Lindbergh kidnaping case. Bruno Richard Hauptmann stood convicted of the crime, but Hoffman, insisting that he sought justice for Hauptmann and not publicity for himself, impoliticly tried to reopen the case. He died awaiting justice for himself, under suspension as New Jersey's employment-security...
...insurance business, drew a $200-a-month allowance from his doting mother, had a pretty and loving wife, three children, two cars, social position and all the creature comforts. By the time he was 28, nevertheless, he seemed to be fizzing toward self-destruction like a lighted skyrocket...
Mach 2. Man has now flown twice as fast as sound. The feat was performed by Scott Crossfield, 32, pilot for the NACA (National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics), which has taken over the famed Douglas Skyrocket, first flown by Test Pilot Bill Bridgeman in 1947. Last week the Skyrocket, with Crossfield at the controls, was dropped from a B-29 at 32,000 ft. above Muroc Dry Lake. After following a careful flight plan (climbing so as to reach high altitude with a minimum expenditure of fuel), Crossfield nosed over and flew practically level under full power. The machmeter, which...
...Skyrocket's fuel (three tons) burned out at the end of the spurt. Scotty spiraled to the dry lake and made a perfect landing at 150 m.p.h. Asked how it felt to be flying twice as fast as sound, he said: "I had the flu and an awful headache, and about all I really wanted to do was to get this over and get down...
...decentralized conservation program will sacrifice economy, talent, and effectiveness. Administrative costs, among the lowest in the federal government when the Service was run from seven offices, will skyrocket under the control of forty-eight states. With state control, the staff of trained men from the Soil Conservation Service will probably be diluted by less experienced fill...