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...passing of the battleship; the coming of the aeroplane" often affirmed (and equally often denied) is again to be put to the test. The Virginia and the New Jersey, 17-year-old greybeards of the navy, will bear the brunt of the experiment. During the last two weeks of August the vessels will be taken out, off the Virginia Capes, and army aviators from Langley Field will do their best to make that spot the graveyard...
...securities with the Garvin Trust Company of Philadelphia. Also, the Policy Committee has invited the cooperation of several organizations, who will broadcast the conditions of the contest and, when finally a plan is selected, will have their members vote for or against the chosen plan, as a test of public sentiment...
Betting on the Wrong Test. Sweepstakes in horse racing, football and other sports have become so huge an interest in Great Britain that the Government has considered taxing all bets, and the Church of England's Men's Society, meeting in London, considered what might be done to stop the gambling evil. One cleric told the Society that some men in his parish bet on whether the vicar would preach on a text from the Old or the New Testament. No one thought of betting on the dark horse. They found the vicar preaching on the text Revision...
...fever by the mouth instead of by injection has been tried in Russia with favorable results, according to Dr. Shiemaskho, Soviet Commissar of Health. The vaccine was supplied by the Pasteur Institute of Paris, and Dr. Ludwik Rajehman, Medical Director of the League of Nations Health Committee, proposes to test the method experimentally and, if successful, to use it against epidemics in Eastern Europe...
...altitude also telephone conversation became impossible, sound being scarcely transmissible in the rarefied air. The "flight" continued to 8,500 meters and a temperature of 30 degrees below zero centigrade. After a gradual return to normal ground conditions, the aviators stepped out smiling. Other men may not stand the test so well, and this highly scientific work may serve a most useful purpose in the selection of flying personnel...