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...return to the airport, banked sharply to the left at full speed when too near the ground. In the maneuver, the wingtip caught in a ditch, tripped the plane into a cartwheel. At the last instant, the pilot cut the switch, prevented fire. The retracted position of the landing gear showed that he was not attempting to land...
...While returning from a professional call," reported he in last week's American Medicine, "I stopped for a traffic light. As I reached to shift gears, I saw two hands and two gear shift levers. I was confused for a second, but was brought to my senses immediately by a brilliant play of colors in my right eye. The colors fluttered rapidly, and were not synchronous with the cardiac impulse [heart beat]. They involved the areas receiving the long (red) and the short (purple and violet) light waves. I then knew what had happened, and my only thought...
...Love Again (Gaumont British). As a vehicle for the dancing and singing of big-eyed Jessie Matthews, this musi-comedy sometimes staggers along in low gear, sometimes spins at a sparkling clip. Mass Matthews is visible and audible almost all the time in a number of elaborate sets and a variety of costumes, some of which reveal nearly all of her personable person. As Gaumont British has found...
...love with a Berlin doctor, also married, also unconventional. Dr. Ritter's dream was to get away from it all, live a Rousseauistic life on an uninhabited island. They broke the news to their respective mates (whom they unsuccessfully tried to bring together, in compensation), collected their gear and set off for Floreana. According to Dore Strauch. it is not true that they had all their teeth pulled before they left.* Dr. Ritter had had his out some time before, and for a different reason: she foolishly left hers in. later had to have them pulled by the doctor...
...team at present is going in high gear, but Coach Samborski has found his chief trouble to be guarding against overconfidence. This is the only thing that may prevent the Yearlings from going into the Yale game unbeaten. Today's game will be a severe test, for Worcester has a strong aggregation, but the Freshmen should come through unscathed...