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...Above all, he is utterly, supremely confident. You and I and the Man-in-the-Street might bend or break or get frightened under the terrific load, the terrific pressure of responsibility he carries. Not he. I know that the President, alone at night in his bedroom, thinking the whole scene over, doesn't even have a palmtingling in his hands. He is ready. He may not have been born for this time, but he's trained, hardened, forged, groomed and polished for this...
Another famed modern helicopter man is a shy, voluble, fringe-haired Russian, Igor Sikorsky (now a U. S. citizen). By 1910 he had made his third vertical-lift machine, found that it would lift itself but balked at carrying a load. Like many another helicopterphile, Igor Sikorsky soon sideslipped into airplane design. Last week, having completed the design of a new four-motored ocean clipper for American Export Airlines, Igor Sikorsky made his first public flight in a helicopter, 20 years after his earlier contraption had balked...
Either a Lowell defeat or a Kirkland victory in any of their remaining contests would have decided the trophy race, and the Bellboys bowed out of the fight quickly by losing their first crucial game. Lowell had a 20 point load over Kirkland at the half-way mark in the standings, but Kirkland successes in spring sports wiped out this margin...
Showing an increase in its peak load of 75 percent since 1937, the circulation of Widener Library reached a record peak on April 22 when 1615 books were borrowed by students. Library officials said yesterday. They expect this year's total circulation to be 10 percent larger than last year...
...Library always meets its peak load towards the end of April just before the beginning of reading period. On April 24, 1939, the Library's record day last year, 1232 books were lent out, 30 percent less than the number borrowed on this year's peak...