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...Eldon, Mo., Charles Caldwell started the engine of his dump truck while it was in the basement garage of his house. He had forgotten to take the hoisting apparatus out of gear. The rising hopper lifted the house six inches off its foundations before Mrs. Caldwell stopped...
...Prime Minister, on this showing, the Perfect Administrator can be counted on to unbalance Britain's budget and get the Empire magnificently out of gear in the name of Humanity and Dietetics. Feeling that a "national emergency" exists in the fact that Herbert Morrison today is probably the people's choice, members of His Majesty's Government were believed last week to have up their sleeves a scheme to block 1936's scheduled general election and keep the Perfect Administrator out of No. 10 Downing St. until...
Year ago U. S. newspicture editors were astonished to receive from Germany what purported to be the photograph of a man flying under his own power by blowing into a box which supposedly actuated rotors strapped to his chest. He wore skis for landing gear, was shown just after the take-off with his friends trotting behind. The picture-as most editors learned too late-was a hoax concocted by the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung for its annual April Fool issue (TIME, April...
...will," declared Sohn. He studied flying-squirrels and bats, compared his findings with glider principles, began working on a set of wings in his spare time while traveling with an air circus. Few weeks ago he completed his flying-gear, went to Daytona Beach to await ideal weather. His apparatus was made of airplane fabric and metal tubing, weighed only eight pounds. A web-like tail fin was sewed between the legs of his flying suit. His wings, more like a bat's than a bird's, were fastened to the arms and sides of his suit...
...Dismissing the sabotage theory, the U. S. Bureau of Navigation & Steamboat Inspection last week blamed the Morro Castle disaster on negligence, the Mohawk sinking on broken steering gear and consequent misunderstanding of bridge signals...