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...danger of fire totally eliminated with the use of helium; the gas-tanks and the fuel system generally are still vulnerable. But when a ship is properly designed and carefully handled, the danger of fire is comparatively small, even with hydrogen...
...Pole and back. And this at 24 hours' notice. But it would be possible only with the lighter hydrogen gas. "With hydrogen, we could make the trip to the Pole and back easily and safely. With helium it is necessary to have mooring masts, where the ship can be tied up because she could not carry enough fuel for the round trip...
Pugilist Breitenstraeter, heavyweight champion of Germany, entered the ring in Berlin for a 20-round bout. His opponent was Paul Sampson, né (in Germany) Samson Koerner. Koerner was once a stoker on an American ship. In 1920, in this country, boxing under the name of Sampson, he gave Gene Tunney, American light heavyweight champion, a terrific bout. The next year Tom Gibbons knocked him out in two rounds. Farmer Lodge (TIME, Mar. 3) did the same...
...force is like a boxer entering a fight blind-folded;" whereupon to prove his point, General Patrick proceeded to show some terrifying pictures of the bombing of the battleship Alabama. Exactly six minutes elapsed between the moment when the 2000 lb, bomb struck the deck of the doomed ship to the time when its keel disappeared beneath the sea. And to show how much the art of air-offence has improved, nowadays three air-planes can drop in one fight as many tons of bombs as were dropped on London during the entire war. Indeed, the most extraordinary event...
Whoever originated this scheme must have been studying American advertising methods. On the ship are delegates who will deliver lectures at every stop. There is, of course, a cargo of the usual "literature" on board. And there are sample automobiles, aircraft, electrical appliances, ripe olives, and--one guesses chianti...