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...majority, cannot hesitate to demand it. As with Labour governments of the near past, all the pressure from the Treasury will be exerted on them to slash what relief provisions are now outstanding; but the party will not dare to follow their commands again. "Gradualism in reverse gear"--that is what Strachey so aptly called it; and will the rank-and-file stand for that next time? Will it consent to have labour representatives doing the dirty work of the gang it was elected to replace...
...Velsheda, built for Chain-store Tycoon W. L. Stephenson by Charles E. Nicholson who designed the Shamrocks. Velsheda was rigged according to the new international rules which provide that racing craft may have light duralumin masts but must have full cabin accommodations for owners and crew, and must have gear-handling equipment on deck (not below deck as on Harold Stirling Vanderbilt's sleek Cup-winner Enterprise). Mr. Sopwith commissioned Designer Nicholson to build him a yacht even faster than Velsheda. He will call her Endeavor and, contrary to British custom, in Cup challenges, he may take the helm...
...English aircraft should adopt the retractable landing gear as used...
...sell to the people. If we are successful, it must be so organized and so displayed as to make the people desire it more than some ephemeral pleasure done up in a tinseled package." Commissioner Zook has gone about organizing his product as follows: Liaison. Dr. Zook would gear the Office of Education to be a powerful liaison service between the schools and the new agencies of the Government. This month the Office's School Life (paid circulation 10,000-largest of any Government organ) describes for teachers the "Children's Code" (child labor ban), tells how school...
...rise, his ship slewed sharply, heading straight for the field's administration building where 150 persons stood watching. Then it slewed further as though, foreseeing danger to many, de Pinedo chose disaster for himself alone. The thundering Bellanca crashed through a heavy wire fence, shearing off the landing gear. Its engine still roaring, it plunged on some 25 yd. before flumping on its side. Bright little flames were trickling up to the gas tanks. Watchers could see de Pinedo, who had been pitched through the windshield, writhing on the ground just under the ship's nose. Next second...