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...Rocky Mountains extend from the Canadian border to the Mexican border, and no U. S. airline can get to California without flying over them. "United," he flatly counter-claimed, "flies fewer miles of mountainous terrain than the currently advertised 'Low Level Route.' Based on a normal airway width the highest point on United is lower than that on the other advertised route.* But," he added hastily, "what of it? United's route has as much sunshine and less annual precipitation, but again-what...
...Patterson's "normal airway width" apparently does not coincide with the Department of Commerce airway width of 50 mi. Thus Hayden's Peak (12.473 ft.), near which United's "Mainliner" crashed in October, approximately 24 mi!es south of the centre of United's transcontinental lane, is evidently not considered on United':; regular right...
...last week, fishermen put out in a small boat into Topsail Inlet, a cove varying in width from 1,300 yards to a mile, surrounded by flat, marshy, wind-raked country. Some distance offshore they came on a school of fatbacks so dense that their boat could make no headway. One fisherman plunged an oar into the writhing mass, and as far down as he could reach felt fish. The boat turned back. An onshore wind drove the fish, alive and dead, onto surrounding beaches, until fishermen estimated $300,000 worth had been killed. A. W. King, 65-year...
This time he hurled a long lateral the width of the field according to the preconceived plan of the coach. The pass was caught beautifully, but still the Freshman seconds were in there fighting. This man they dropped on their own three yard line...
...refrigeration, ice cubes, shower, hot and cold running water. Refinements in some 1937 trailers include: chromium-plated bath tubs; porcelain vapor stoves; writing desks; radios; roomy wardrobes; fireplaces. But a trailer is still a trailer, confined by restrictions of various states to a maximum length of about 22 ft., width and height around 7 ft. A "two-room cottage" and a "five-room efficiency" trailer are both bound to be within these measurements. At night the rooms are used for sleeping, by day become dinettes, living rooms, etc. At slight additional expense awnings and folding chairs make a front porch...