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...commercial plane was developed and testflown last summer, it never was placed in production. Instead, all efforts were concentrated upon XFJ-1, a single-place fighter for the Navy; XP-16, two-place pursuit for the Army; XO-31, a light observation plane for the Navy. In an official test last week a few hours after the stock deal was completed, Vice President Joyce, who is one of the ablest demonstrators in the business, put the XFJ-1 into-and easily brought it out of -a spectacular 12,000-ft. power dive. Navy specifications also demand that the ship maintain...
Since what goes up may have to come down, the Department of Commerce last week announced that, beginning July 1, it would test and certificate parachutes as well as planes. With new types of parachutes coming on the market in rapid succession, parachute accidents have been increasing. To obtain certificates of approval, manufacturers will not have to submit each & every 'chute to inspection, but one of each type offered for sale. Minimum test requirements...
...Taste Test Tried...
...Universities of Berlin and Heidelberg especially, dueling is preserved by the students in defiance of national law, in the belief that it teaches self-control and physical courage. The "sport duel" is fought "not on any point of personal honor but as a test of endurance of bloodletting." The leaders of the undergraduate "corporations" tell off the representatives who are to meet. At Heidelberg, each member of the most select of the 44 corporations must fight ten duels during his three-year residence...
...little while ago the press proclaimed Professor Meikle john's college a failure and insinuated that the University of Wisconsin authorities had determined to abandon the test school. Recent reports from Madison including Professor Meikle john's own statement on the work of the school since its establishment in 1927, however, brand the rumors of failure as baseless. Far from not being a success, the college which makes a point of studying civilizations rather than the usual curriculum will continue its work. Professor Meikle john is particularly pleased with the solution of the first year study and is hopeful...