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This week Commander Rosendahl was to deliver command of the Akron to Commander Alger Herman Dresel, passenger on the transcontinental flight, then return by train to California to board the battle cruiser West Virginia for sea duty...
...Shopworn," selected primarily for the limited talent of Barbara Stanwyck has the dubious honor of being the most badly photographed combination of miscast players, stupid lines and rehashed settings that this reviewer has seen in many a day. The plot doubtless plagiarized from Horatio Alger tells how persistence can overcome maternal jealousy and bring the loving couple together. Honors go to Clara Blandick and to Zazu Pitts for rather neat handling of character parts; but as for Regis Toomey in his first lead, and Barbara Stanwyck in what certainly should be her last,-all that can be said is that...
...Though Lieut.-Commander Rosendahl has been ordered to sea duty (necessary for promotion), he will fly the Akron to the coast as planned before the ship's accident, and will probably cover the trip for the Press. He will not be relieved by recently-appointed Commander Alger H. Dressel, who may accompany him as a passenger, until completion of the mission...
Coincidentally Navy orders went to Commander Alger H. Dresel, lately commanding officer of the U. S. S. Los Angeles, to take command of the U. S. S. Akron, relieving Lieut. Commander Charles Emery Rosendahl. There was no ignominy for famed Commander Rosendahl in the transfer. Like all other Navy airship officers he must take his tour of sea duty (he will be aboard the battle flagship West Virginia) to qualify for promotion...
...rise, as related by Biographer Gardner, followed no Horatio Alger pattern. He rarely got out of bed before noon, seldom went near his newspaper offices. For 25 of his 72 years he drank industriously, quitting abruptly at 46 when he found that his current consumption of a gallon of whiskey per day threatened his eyesight...