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Because spins from stalls cause most of the amateur flying accidents (466 in four years) CAA's most important requirement was that the new ship must neither fall off nor spin from stalls no matter how flown. Other specifications: pilots must be able to slam on brakes at any landing speed without fear of nosing over; the plane must be manageable on the ground in winds up to 30 miles an hour; preferably it should be steered like an auto mobile, have no rudder bar. The only other thing expected of it, joked veteran fliers, was that it should...
...House of Commons adopted a resolution which made it plain to Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini that no colonial handout was in the immediate offing, but did not completely slam the door to future bargaining. The resolution read that "no change in the status of colonies, protectorates or mandated territories could at any time be considered which did not take full account of the interests and wishes of the inhabitants." The vote was 253 for, 127 against, the opposition Laborites voting "no" only because the resolution wasn't strong enough for them. Said Colonial and Dominions Secretary Malcolm MacDonald...
...year for turning out a half page of heavy chitchat for the Sunday Express and Daily Express. Sample: "I have had to give up reading bridge articles, because I notice that Y and Z always get the good hands, whereas poor old A and B usually only save a slam by preternatural cunning. I know so well what A and B feel." The two Beaverbrook sons are in the group-Max Jr., general manager of the Sunday Express, and Peter, who spends most of his time automobile racing...
This sounded to Occidentals who know the Orient as if Japan proposes to slam the "Open Door" to Occidental trade with China, hog it herself, and renounce the Washington Nine Power Treaty of 1922. In confirmation of these fears the Japanese Foreign Office official spokesman declared in Tokyo: "Japan considers the Nine Power Treaty obsolete or 'dead.' Whether we will denounce it or withdraw has not yet been decided. The [Japanese] Government is examining the advantages of creation of a Tri-Power Pact [of Japan, Manchukuo and China...
...Secretary Woodring's business with Boss Hague was to find out whether, in return for continued control over WPA and generous Federal patronage, Boss Hague would really turn out his Hudson County vote for Mr. Ely. Boss Hague's answer was to show Secretary Woodring a mammoth, slam-bang political jamboree for Candidate Ely in the Jersey City armory, complete with red-fire, bands, entertainers and an overflow crowd that brought the cheering total to at least 100,000. Franklin Roosevelt's emissary thereupon inserted into his prepared speech a hearty Roosevelt endorsement of Candidate Ely, predicted...