Word: bottome
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dozen years ago submarine disasters were a nightmare to the Navy. Between 1919 and 1927 eight U. S. submarines went to the bottom and in few cases were any of the crew rescued. Last week the nightmare returned but in not quite so bad a form: more than half the men were saved...
Keppler stressed the fact that the "Squalus" rescue crew had been unusually fortunate in finding the submarine located with a list of only 11 degrees on a flat, sandy bottom...
...Usually," he said, "a submarine strikes bottom at an angle of around 60 degrees, often between rooks. This complicates rescue operations, as the hatches are open only in certain places and it is impossible to tell which compartments are flooded...
...credit in securing the reduction. Meanwhile, large steel orders by the motormakers are probably two months off, for the auto companies have enough steel on hand to last until large scale production begins on 1940 models and want to be sure their big buying is done at the bottom, not on the way down. Aggressive National Steel Co., always up front among the price cutters, admitted that it didn't "know what the price is," was reported taking fill-in business from all comers to be rolled in one lot when enough of it accumulates. Ponderous U. S. Steel...
...Captain Langdon Gilkey again turned in standout performances as they disposed of their singles opponents and teamed together for victory in the No. 1 doubles bout. Jack Stewart and Homer Peabody turned in the other Crimson singles wins, but the margin of victory for the Blue came in the bottom of their lineup where they showed unusual strength...