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Release of the pigeons signalled the climax of the ceremony. While Commander Dresel, his 50 officers & crew stood at salute, Erection Foreman V. W. ("Red") Coffelt ordered "Up ship!" His workmen slacked off their cables, let the Macon's partial load of helium buoy her into the air some five feet. Another command and she was hauled down again, made fast. The Navy's second airship scouting cruiser had taken the air. She will remain in the dock a few weeks more for finishing touches...
...year except 1924 when they were seventh, 1931 when they were sixth. Last week Owner Quinn gloomily announced that he had sold his team, for an unspecified price estimated at $1,000,000, to Thomas Austin Yawkey, Manhattan sportsman. Said Quinn: "I have been carrying for many years a load that would make most men jump out of a 14th story window. I tried and spent plenty of money to build up the Red Sox. I failed and I apologize...
...stage which we shall outgrow in time, but there is a danger in being too optimistic on this point. As a man advances in his Department, the tendency is to use his services more and more largely for course instruction, and to cut down on the tutorial load that he has to carry...
...exactly alarmed. Singer's labor troubles in Japan began more than a year ago, caused the company to close its Osaka and Kobe branches last November. Last week Manager Aurell sat calmly eating his lunch when a large motor truck drove up to his branch, dumped a load of cordwood in front of the door...
...support tax legislation which did not also raise surtaxes on larger incomes. Representative Snell, Republican leader in the House, took advantage of the confusion to remark: "The new Democratic motto is 'Soak the poor.' Last session it was 'Soak the rich.' Now they propose to load everything onto the small income taxpayer...