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Into drydock had gone the Pensacola at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Northampton at Norfolk. Bilge keels were doubled; anti-roll tanks were installed; the low centre of gravity was raised. If upon sea tests the roll is longer, smoother, more calculable, the same improvements will be made on the other six cruisers. Alteration costs: $100,000 per ship...
...dash of lightning. For the first time in history, one man designed the entire car. He was Walter Dorwin Teague, new to automobile designing and therefore fancy free. Their makers say 16 cylinders afford more power per pound than any other engine, make running smoother, more flexible. Cadillac has sold 2,010 of its big cars in nine months at a minimum of $5,350 each. Minerva keeps the old hand-horn for those who prefer it. Fierce-Arrow and Cord seem to favor broadcloth for interiors. Many cars have wide, single-bar bumpers. . . . Radiator shields are prominent. . . . Hubcaps...
...first of many impending innovations in automotive design appeared last week. For its new "free wheeling" principle Studebaker claimed much: 12% saving on gas, 20% saving on oil, clutch not needed except in starting and backing, smoother riding, no "piling up" of the motor...
...quite so well known is not to be overlooked his name must be added by petition. It is a shame that more names were not added in this way, since it shows lack of interest, and at the same time a desire to grumble. Let us hope for smoother elections in the future with more "people's candidates" added by petition and less criticism levied upon those in charge, in this last respect at least. W.R. Harper, Pres of Student Council...
Work in Progress has been appearing serially in transition for the last two years. Author Joyce, no smoother of the path for his public, gave the transition editors only the first and third sections, one instalment of the second, supplied no key to the whole. The prevailing explanation: to out-smart literary pirates...