Word: decks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...salvage crew was ready to quit. Spitfire Curtis jumped up & down, barked, screamed and swore until they went back to work. In October an anchor chain whacked Frank Curtis across the legs, almost cut them off. Two hours later, with two men holding him upright, he was back on deck directing operations...
...Sitting in a deck chair aboard the cruiser Houston as it carried him toward Hawaii...
Whom the Gods Destroy (Columbia). When Producer John Forrester (Walter Connolly) finds himself off the coast of Newfoundland on the deck of a sinking ocean liner, he removes his lifebelt and gives it to another passenger. A moment later, acting on a frantic impulse, he undoes his heroism by wrapping himself in a lady's coat, hopping into a lifeboat which lands him safely in a fishing village. When he gets back to New York several months later, John Forrester finds himself mourned as a dead hero. He realizes that if he makes it known that he is still alive...
...rainswept sea. Four hours later he landed in St. Thomas, V. I., was met by Governor Paul Pearson, carried up into the town to be greeted by cheering crowds. Kindly Governor Pearson and his goodhearted lady dined that evening with the President aboard the Houston, watched from its deck a procession of illuminated floats serenading the President, celebrating the Island's industries and beauty...
...Pirate Centre of the world, is today as unsafe for peaceful merchantmen as the Spanish Main or the Barbary Coast ever were. Because Chinese pirates often disguise themselves as passengers, ships plying in those dangerous waters are fitted with "anti-piracy grilles" that screen off the deck-passengers from the rest of the vessel, prevent surprise attacks. Until last year, piracy was unknown along China's northern coast. Then one March morning pirate junks attacked the British-owned coasting steamer Nanchang, waiting for a pilot off the mouth of the Liao River. Contrary to all rules, four British officers...