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...auto of the future. Named the "Flying Mattress," the new plane features a 40-ft. span delta wing, made of light fabric and easily inflated by compressed air machines or by a regular tire pump. When deflated, the wing is small enough to fit in a car's trunk compartment. Inflated, the wing sits on posts above a 10-ft. wooden fuselage, is held in place by struts. A pusher-propeller, powered by a 65-h.p. engine, gives the plane a top speed of 45 m.p.h. The 550-lb. Flying Mattress is easy to fly. With no wind...
...when more gas becomes available. To supply T.G.T., Trans-Canada will build the first 670-mile leg of its line from the fields in Alberta to Winnipeg and the border. From the Minnesota border below Winnipeg, T.G.T. will build a $100 million, 1,050-mile pipeline to its trunk line at Portland, Tenn., selling Canadian gas on the way through Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana...
...that had been run over near his home, M. S. McRae was referred to the city dog catcher, was unable to reach him, indignantly called the mayor, was amazed to see Mayor Earl J. Glade arrive in his Cadillac, step out, gingerly lift the animal into his trunk compartment and drive off in the direction of the dog pound...
...They removed B.C.M.'s diseased bladder, severing the ureters and the urethra where they entered the bladder, and put the inflated bag in its place. A Y-shaped tube ran through the bag. Its two arms were inserted through the dangling ureters to the kidneys and its trunk was passed through the urethra and outside the body through an incision (necessary only in males). This short cut from the kidneys permitted B.C.M. to live without a bladder while a new one was growing...
...Designer McCardell, garments must have a reason. After shivering on shipboard during a transatlantic trip in a flimsy, French-designed evening wrap she turned out a wrap in tweed. She went skiing, got cold ears, did a wool-jersey hood. After lugging a trunk and five suitcases around Europe, she decided to save space by making dresses in parts, switching the pieces around for variety-a bare top and covered-up top, for example, to be worn alternately with shorts, slacks or short or long skirts. That was one of the fashion world's first important experiments with "separates...