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...green saucer. With one hand he manipulated a stop watch. Still falling, at 144 m.p.h., he took time to dry his goggles. As his body dropped into denser atmosphere, its speed was slowed to about 120 m.p.h. Not until he was down to 3,500 ft. did Jumper Tranum yank open his 'chute. The violent check to his fall bruised him. He had dropped 17,500 ft., a half-mile farther than the previous record holder, E. S. ("Spud") Manning of the U. S. He said he was ''not confused" at any time during the fall...
When a piece of iron or other substance is magnetized, the molecules yank one way. When the substance is demagnetized the molecules jerk helter-skelter. The magnetic yanking causes molecular friction and produces an appreciable amount of heat which Professor Wrilliam F. Giauque, University of California chemist, used last week to reach the lowest degree of cold yet attained...
...Well, I grew a beard of course," he said, "and sometimes when a bandit passed me he would yank...
Cash and Government securities represent the bank's ready money. This expressed as a percentage of deposits is the bank's liquidity. Because U. S. depositors have been on pins & needles, ready to yank out their deposits in cash at a whisper of trouble, U. S. bankers have for months been keeping their banks highly liquid. But a highly liquid bank earns little money for stockholders. Cash earns no keep; Government bonds, particularly Treasury certificates, return a very low yield. Bankers point with pride at their ready money only because it bolsters confidence. Both the bankers and President...
Millions of Southern sons who served in the World War, among whom can be found the Army's outstanding hero, did not like the molly- coddling label "Buddy," sparkled under the affectionate dub of "Yank," did a good job, came home and are proud of it. There are legions of these Yankees in the South today, native sons, proud of their heritage, regretting nothing which their forefathers did, convinced that they were right through & through and who would take up tomorrow where they left off if there was a sufficient Cause but who fully realize that the true United...