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Congressman Blanton of Abilene appeared in the House in 1917, a thick- shouldered, stocky, irascible Texan who made himself conspicuous if not popular by his bellowings and parliamentary "cussedness." He was, however, behind his aggressive loudness, shrewd, hardworking, sincere. In 1928 his defeat in Texas for the Democratic senatorial nomination retired him from the House. Robert Quincy Lee, elected to his House seat, died last April...
...Daniel Guggenheim gold medal for notable aeronautical achievement: to Dr. Ludwig Prandtl of the University of Göttingen, Germany. He was largely instrumental in the development of the Göttingen series of wing sections, notably in the perfection of the thick wing now successfully used on many transport planes; compiled vast statistical information on aerodynamic experiments, won the Great Gold Medal of the Royal Aeronautical Society of England in 1927, the Grashof Medal of the Verein Deutscher Ingenieure...
...spent, almost entirely out of her own pocket, $252,572 to win the Republican senatorial nomination in Illinois in last month's primary against Senator Charles Samuel Deneen (TIME, April 21). Senator Deneen's expenditures, he said, were $24,493. Tapping a file of vouchers two inches thick, Senate Nominee McCormick cited as examples of her expenses: printing, $26,000; mailing, $20,881; county organizations, $107,518; postage, $12,432; "colored department," $8,090; newspaper advertising...
...Modest, he says: "Generally as a mere follower, and often scared out of my wits, I was in the thick of it all, and I know...
...cave, Hunter Siemel goes in after it, spear or bayonet in hand. That, he says-for he is a sportsman as well as a businessman-is the finest way to kill a tiger, in hand-to-claw combat. The spear or bayonet must be sharp enough to penetrate the thick, rubbery pelt through which no dog can bite; long enough so that an impaled tiger's claws cannot reach the hunter. The spot to aim for with the bayonet is the breast bone, a not-too-difficult mark after one has been charged by a tiger a few times...