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...harvest of tourists to Vermont, Yosemite, Miami, Williamsburg. Suddenly the sound of airplanes came from high above us. Hardly a soul looked up. I searched but could see nothing till two small clouds of glistening white like snowflakes showed where a tremendous flock of swans or geese had been split into confusion by three Airacobras. The birds formed again, melted out of sight. The planes vanished in the blue void. The Lords and Ladies of Tours talked...
G.O.P. Chairman Joe Martin felt a stomach-chilling temblor when anti-Willkie feeling in Congress and the party, rumbling, hissing, giving off steam, threatened to split the party...
...favored Brown Freshman soccer team will attempt to pull its standing up to five wins and one loss this morning at 12 o'clock by stopping Polly Guyda's Yardling eleven on Soldiers Field. The Harvard Freshmen now have a record of four victories, one split, and three defeats...
...Having split a home-and-home series with Yale, the Debating Council swings into the heavy portion of its fall and winter schedule tonight when a trio of debaters journeys to Worcester to face Holy Cross. Discussing the question of permanent military conscription, the debaters will begin an intensive program which includes five radio debates in the next two months...
...gasoline vapors before the piston has returned to the cylinder head. These out-of-rhythm explosions can ruin a motor, perhaps break its crankshaft. High octane materials-octane, lead, alkylates-prevent these premature explosions by slowing down the rate of explosion. Though all gasoline explosions are a matter of split seconds, some are "slow," others "fast." Each kind of hydrocarbon in gasoline ignites at a slightly different temperature and compression. Igniting slowly and in order, they give the piston a firm, continued push instead of a brief, wrenching, power-wasting punch. So high octane gas can give more power...