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...Angeles last week Pilot L. H. Atkinson, about to take a plane up for testing, climbed out of the cockpit at the last minute to borrow a parachute. In the air a few minutes later the plane fell into a tailspin from which Pilot Atkinson could not pull out. With his borrowed 'chute, he jumped...
Though long known to his intimates, it first became known to the public, in which are many thieves, that genial Professor William Lyon Phelps of Yale leaves the door of his New Haven home unlocked, so that friends may come in and borrow the books he is sent for review, of which there are several hundred stacked on a table adjacent. An old red setter named Rufus (which color-blind Dr. Phelps says he sees march about as a green dog) guards the books, knows the patrons of this "lending library," barks at the approach of any unaccustomed person...
...experience as an oarsman, over 28 years," the coach said. "I was never beaten by a teetotaller, and I drank all the alcohol, wine and beer I could buy, beg or borrow...
Admission by the Administration that Drought-area farmers could borrow from this $20,000,000 fund to feed their hungry families was all Congress needed to clinch the compromise. The Senate adopted it (67-to-15) as did the House. The President's signature followed immediately. Drought relief could no longer provoke an extra session...
Because of Sir William McLintock's presentation of the situation White Star shareholders agreed to grant a few more months of grace. Immediately afterwards Royal Mail debenture holders voted to let this company borrow another $1,250,000 to provide working capital during their company's reconstitution. Walter Runciman has until next June to save Lord Kylsant's great Armada from foundering forever in the deep sea of liquidation...