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...Leopold, Duke of Brabant, Belgium's heir, 31. Died. Frances Burnett, 22, vanilla extract scioness; Frederick Lothrop Ames Jr., 29, Boston socialite, president of Skyways, Inc.; and Frank Penrose Sproul, 25, Harvardman, assistant manager of Skyways, Inc.; instantly, when Ames's cabin monoplane went into a tail spin at a height of 2,500 ft., crashed in a field; in Randolph, Mass. Died. Sidney Wilmot Winslow III, 24, Harvardman, son of the president of United Shoe Machinery Corp.; of carbon monoxide fumes in his father's garage; in Brookline, Mass. Died. Gertrude Bindernagel, 39, German opera soprano...
...behind is old-timer Dean Smith, who flew for Byrd in the Antarctic. Pilot Lester disconnects the radio and instrument-panel light from the rear cockpit, zig-zags the ship every which way for a few miles, pulls it up into a stall, lets it fall off into a spin. At that instant he switches on the instruments, calls through the speaking tube: "All right, mister, take me to Newark...
...instruments alone, Pilot Smith must recover from the spin. He knows from previous experience that what he must do is probably opposite to what his senses tell him. Pilots learn that they cannot "fly by the seat of their pants." On an even keel again he searches for the radio beacon, determines which of the quadrants of the beacon he is in, follows the correct one in until he encounters a small zone of silence. That tells him he is directly over the beacon near the field. That is enough. Completely blind landings are not required. Near perfection after long...
...number of important symptoms indicate that the bottom has been reached in prices, and that all that is necessary is to give the flywheel a push and the economic machinery will spin of it" own accord...
...gets a set or two ahead and is reason ably sure of winning, will stop trying for points, try to improve his shots. The best scoring shot in his game is his smash ; he hits overhead from any part of the court. His forehand has very little top spin. It crosses the net low, usually lands very near the baseline...