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...minded citizens might dispute Admiral Byrd's preëminence by bringing in Pilot Bernt Balchen, who actually flew the Byrd ship to the South Pole, or by pointing to Endurance Flyers Dale ("Red") Jackson and Forest O'Brien who kept the St. Louis Robin aloft longer than any living thing has ever flown...
...across the White House lawn, observed a strange movement out on Pennsylvania Avenue. They hurried out to find 35 very young men and women and one big Negro marching solemnly up and down under the leafless trees. Behind them flocked a curious crowd. With difficulty their youthful hands held aloft heavy placards...
...then among the students stood one Lee Gallman, 21, divinity student. Holding aloft a Bible, he bade his fellows to listen no more to scientific iniquities, to follow him. To Lecturer Day he said: "I hope God will bless you and show you your mistake. You do not realize the thorns you are planting." Then he led his fellow divinity students away to their building, to kneel and pray for one hour for Howard College...
...round face moon-pale, Mayor Boess stood by the rail of the superspeedy S S. Bremen as she was warped into her pier at Bremerhaven. Dock police were struggling with shouting Communists who strove to hold aloft a six-foot banner on which the words BOESS-SKLAREK were accusingly visible. Deep boos, shrill whistles echoed from the dockside...
From a flight of six Curtiss Condors 7,000 ft. aloft, the largest U. S. Army bomb was released, a 4,000 Ib. mass streaking down into a bullet-nibbled, shell-gnawed wood. A majestic, gloomy geyser of earth and debris arose, hiding the trees. At the edge of the range, some two miles away, listeners heard a long dull booommm...