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Show HIGHLIGHTS . . . n the week's news JET PLANE: The new "jet plane" is easier to operate than a primary trainer, according to a veteran test pilot who has made many flights in experimental models, He said that the chief advantages of the jet propulsion pro-pulsion engine are the great power compared to size and weight and its adaptability to a wide range of fuels, including alcohol and cheap- sr petroleum products, i BLAST: Explosion of a steam turbine tur-bine in a huge steel plant in South Chicago, Ind., killed five men and injured 11 others. The huge machine, ma-chine, which would generate 8.000 kilowatts, was being tested before being put into service. A section of wall was blown out, fragments of steel flew around like shrapnel and the roar was heard over a wide area. |