Word: boatings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...apparently went down with the ship). "Schultze" said that, after sinking the Royal Sceptre, he set out to intercept the Browning because "I wanted to tell the Browning to take the course of the Royal Sceptre. The Browning sighted us, and to my surprise the crew manned the boats in a panic. Before I could even draw closer to give my peaceful message, all the passengers and crew of the Browning had left the ship. I now had to make it clear to those terrified people that they were to get back into the boat again and save the crew...
...launched three boatloads that will probably be well mixed up by the end of another week's practice. Of the seven returning oarsmen who rowed together at Honley last year, Bolles has only kept six together. Sherm Gray has been put at stroke in last year's Freshan boat which has been kept intact. Gray was certainly one of the best, if not the best, oarsman of the Henley crew, and while he is a fairly large crewman, it seems logical that Holles should give him a try at stroke...
...freighter Steel Mariner (Isthmian Line) told of seeing a U-boat off the "Scilly Islands, apparently unable to dive, limping along disguised crudely as a fishing boat. Up rushed a destroyer and sank...
...Latin American trade, putting the U. S.'s No. 1 competitor in this hemisphere out of the market. Britain still shops heavily in the Latin American market for war and food supplies, but is too thoroughly occupied by war to maintain her exports. France is in the same boat, and jittery Italy does not yet know where she stands...
...these represent him at his very best and worst. On Tea for Two the briskness and sprightliness, as they must occasionally to all improvising pianists, get way out of hand. His sincerest admirers will play oftener the solider, more artfully imaginative passages of The Boy and the Boat, a number which should make even plain listeners' feet pat as rapidly as their cheeks would blush if the meaning of its title were generally known...