Word: courtneys
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...next meeting of the chapter, to be held on December 4, Phi Beta Kappa keys and certificates will be presented the new men elected to the society this afternoon. Attending the meeting today will be, in addition to Loud, R. C. Darling '29, second marshal, R. F. Courtney '29, C. L. Lundin '29, E. W. Moore '29, R. H. Norris '29, and Jerome Simmons...
...Frank T. Courtney, British trans-Atlantic flight aspirant, had enough cause for perturbation; must have felt bedeviled. His 1,500-foot forced dive occurred at about 2:15 a. m., 750 miles northwest of Horta, happy starting point in the Azores. He and his companions waited during 15 minutes of flames for an explosion that never came. Heavy seas extinguished the fire which had gutted the engine room. Heavy seas tossed the Dornier-Napier and its passengers for the next twelve hours. They tried smoke signals which almost re-ignited the craft, sent by radio S. 0. S., false position...
...symbolically-minded said it was practically foreordained that oft-rescued Claret should rescue the distrait Courtney. Impalpable ministers of safety and service hover about the master of the Minnewaska. To accomplish this feat of systematic searching the ship was diverted 341 miles from its track. The Atlantic Transport Company wirelessed the Captain, "You were fortunate to carry out rules of sea and save souls, no matter conditions." The plane was not saved...
...With Courtney: Canadian-banker Hosmer, his backer; Mechanic Pierce; Radio-operator Gilmour...
...Cornell, under the old master "Pop" Courtney, set the mark...