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...Barling claims he can build a plane four times as large. He could, but it would be scarcely practical to do so. Landing a monster of 80 tons might offer considerable difficulties, and not a flying field in the U. S. is really equipped to receive such a ship as its guest. Moreover, dirigibles improve with size, but airplanes do not. The larger they are, the heavier their structure in proportion to their gross weight. A limit in airplane size exists, at which a plane can fly but carry nothing except its crew and fuel...
...denunciation of ship subsidies...
...will add an element of uncertainty to the football game this afternoon. Quackenbush has a disconcerting ability at drop-kicking which may have been lost sight of during his absence from Middlebury last year. In 1921 his drop-kicking was the big factor in winning the Vermont State champion ship of that year. Against Vermont he kicked two field goals, giving his team a score of 6-0 and in the Norwich game his drop kick accounted for Middlebury's 3-0 victory...
...that of the man who, pointing to an item on the menu, asked for "Some of this please" and received the answer "The orchestra is playing that now, Sir". Or one might even join that more exclusive group, the waiters. For Mr. Britten reports that those now on the ship are not much better off than the passengers. The head-waiter himself had to apologize for his failure to interpret properly an order of "gigo de pouillac, Boulanger...
...present plans are carried out, members of the University will be able to see the ZR-1 between 1 and 1.30 o'clock this afternoon, leaving Boston on its way to Springfield. The ship is scheduled to be at Boston at about noon and will spend about 30 minutes circling about above the Fair grounds. It will then head for Boston where it will swing west toward Springfield. People in Cambridge may be able to see the ship only to the south as its route does not lie directly over this locality...