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Crack British flyer Amy Johnson, who angrily enlisted as a lorry driver when the Civil Air Guard turned her down as an aviatrix, was fined 10s. in a Cardiff, South Wales, court for driving without a license, ?3 for not stopping when ordered, ?2 for careless driving, 178. 6d. for not observing blackout headlight restrictions. Total fine: $25.50. The arresting constable complained that Amy used her nails on him, but she held her fingers up to the judge, said, "You can see I haven't got the kind of nails which scratch." To the officer's accusation that...
...pursuit ship then in the air at a top speed of 250 miles an hour. The U. S. Army took 151 of them, the Argentine 35, The Netherlands 117. The last of the Netherlands order is being set up for flight this week in Java. Altogether 340 B-10s rolled out through the factory doors, to be flown to nearby purchasers, or to be packed in crates for overseas shipment. They were so far ahead of bombers of the day that they won Builder Martin the Collier Trophy...
...Capt. Sam. Gookin July 25, 1733 had a note to the Steward, to receive 20s for himself, and 10s apiece for Sam. Whittemore, Abraham Watson, Thomas Kidder, Wm. Morse, Tho. Soden, Nath. Cutter; for walking about near ye College, on Commencement day last in ye evening, and ye night following to prevent riots and disorders...
...Blonde, blue-eyed Mrs. Lily Greatbatch, the woman who plucked a feather from the tail of a Whipsnade ostrich, beamed cheerfully at me today when I asked her why she did it. Her offense had cost her a £1 fine and 10s. costs at Leighton Buzzard, Beds, earlier...
...seizing and kissing a young woman in a railway compartment when the train went through a tunnel. Sir Leo George Chiozza Money, 63, famed economist, editor, originator of Allied shipping strategy against German submarines in the War, was fined ?2 10s ($11.25) in Epsom, England...