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...theory that shock sometimes relieves deafness, one D. Allen Dittman of Waynesburg, Pa. went aloft over Bettis Airport, Pittsburgh, last week with Pilot Chester Pickup. At 10,000 ft. Pilot Pickup put his plane into a power dive. At 7,000 ft. the terrific pressure shattered the windshield, the glass cutting Pickup's face, momentarily stunning him. Unable to regain control, Pickup motioned Dittman to jump with him. Dittman, whose 'chute failed to open until he had dropped to 1,000 ft., landed on the roof of an open hearth furnace of Carnegie Steel Co., directly alongside...
...Phoenix, Ariz., Henry Leggett took his new roadster out for a drive, was astonished when two great battling owls burst through the windshield, showering him with fur, glass, feathers. Peering into the back seat he discovered the two owls and a rabbit, dead...
...they've come pretty close sometimes. Look at that. See right along the middle of that finger where that scar is. I got that one night out on the road. Yeah a bunch of 'feds' were chasing me and one of them took a shot. It broke the windshield of my car and grazed my fingers, but I got away all right. Guess I was just more of a fool on the sharp corners than they were...
Included in the collection of Matisse's works are "Odalisque," 1924; "The Spaniard," 1909; "Head," 1920; and "Windshield," 1924. There are also many lithographs and drawings which will occupy a less important place in the exhibition...
...Middletown, N. Y., one Fred Segda drove his car head on into another car driven by one Charles Weis. Mr. Segda was catapulted through his own windshield, over the hoods, through Weis's windshield, into Mr. Weis...