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...passed 20 mi. away from the North Pole base. When their radio cut out under polar magnetic influence, Navigator Beliakoff used the sun compass invented by Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd. It got so cold the drinking water froze, and the men would have too, but for their silk undergarments, leather breeches and turtlenecked sweaters. Only Baidukoff took a nap. Chkaloff stayed at the controls steadily, nursed his ship down over Prince Patrick Island to Ft. Simpson in far northern Canada, then veered to the Pacific Coast, headed down...
...sixty-six Aides, chosen from the Class of 1912, which holds its twenty-fifty reunion this year, and the fifty-seven Marshals from various classes, will wear the traditional garb of Harvard Commencement officials, -- dark cutaway coats, with four-in-hand scarfs and silk hats. They will carry batons, emblematic of their office, and will be responsible for the smooth operation of the Commencement program, including the Alumni spreads, the procession, and Sever Quadrangle exercises...
...felt topper and morning coat, King George VI soberly entered the Royal Box. Queen Elizabeth, appearing in powder blue, greeted Queen Mary with a kiss on both cheeks. Behind steeped the Dukes & Duchesses of Gloucester and Kent, the Princess Royal and the Earl of Harewood, and a set of silk-toppered plainclothesmen. From far & near burst a crescendo of cheers from some 250,000 throats. Thus heralded was George VI's first arrival at Epsom Downs as King, to view the 157-year-old racing classic founded by the 12th Earl of Derby...
...sentimentally hoped that victory would go to a woman owner for the first time in Derby history.* Mid-Day Sun is one of the two horses in the Hampshire stables of Mrs. Lettice Mary Talbot Miller, a 28-year-old brunette who inherited a $2,500,000 silk fortune from her great-uncle. About the least-known of all British racing owners, she seldom frequents race tracks, never bets a shilling. Mid-Day Sun, bought two years ago with Mrs. Miller's mother putting up half the purchase money, is her fourth horse...
...finally whispered: "The spirit is willing but the flesh is weak." Averaging about 185 words a minute, he had preached 21 hr. 20 min., spoken some 200,000 words. He went to bed, soon arose feeling fit and claiming he had gained a pound. Then he donned a white silk blouse of his own design, which he usually wears only at baptismal services, and posed for photographers...