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...Quaker village of West Branch, Iowa, there was once a tow-haired boy who hung around the printing shop of the local Times so much and caused so much devilment, usually by distributing handset type into wrong boxes, that occasionally he had to be ejected-Herbert Clark Hoover. So said A. W. Jackson, 50 years a country newspaper man, retiring last week from the staff of the Tipton (Iowa) Advertiser...
...Southern California, one Dale Drake, glider expert, persuaded his friend Lloyd O'Donnell to tow his glider by motored plane 200 miles to Long Beach, for a glider rodeo there. Their air train went well for 175 miles, a record air tow. Over Santa Susanna Pass, near San Fernando, the tow rope broke. Glider Drake was left 7,200 ft. in the air. Undaunted, he coasted ten miles and landed safely in a barley field...
Score-New Hampshire 25, Harvard 24. Goals form floor--Tilton 3, Gaunt 2, Small 2, Hagstrom 1, Stovolosky 1, Wenner 4, Farrell 2, Mahady 1, Rex1. Goals on fouls-Gaunt4, Hagstrom 3, Wenner 3, Burns 1, Rex 1, Farrell 1. Referee--Towers. Umpire -Rogers. Time Tow 20-minute periods
...possible foolproof, to upholster softly, use bright colors and plenty of nickel: these are the present day objec tives of the motor boat designer. Thus, a Sea Sled salesman, addressing an unnautical prospect, explained the mooring of the boat by remarking: "You just put a rope on here and tow her right into the garage...
...over a matter of $3. Sir Joseph Flavelle, head of the Canadian Marconi Co., a Canadian radio stock listed on the New York Curb, announced that $3 was too high a price for Canadian Marconi shares. Inasmuch as Canadian Marconi was being quoted at $27, Sir Joseph's tow Opinion of -the stock shocked Marconi speculators. Dropping perpendicularly at a speed that left the ticker far behind, Canadian Marconi dove to 15½ before trading in it was suspended. The stock had been riding on a rumor that Radio Corp. of America was planning to absorb Canadian Marconi...