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...Diego in the Pacific last week the V4, largest U. S. submarine, "sank" in 86 feet of water, carrying down a crew of 87 officers & men. Thirty-nine minutes later they heard the welcome thump of a diver's 20-lb. shoes on her deck. Above was the rescue vessel Ortolan, from which air lines were attached to the VJs salvage plugs. Fresh air was first pumped into the crew compartments, then into the ballast tanks, from which the water was blown. Twenty-three minutes later the Pacific's blue surface churned with foam...
...decade or so ago, Manhattan's Hippodrome was famed for monster, lustrous theatricals. Visitors swarmed to see such sights as Bandman Sousa, Skater Charlotte, Diver Annette Kellerman, Buffoon Nat Willis and whole menageries of animals in congress on one huge stage. Behind the scenes was Showman R. H. Burnside, purveyor of size rather than taste...
Submarine. Handsome Jack Dorgan was a Navy diver. Between him and Bob Mason there was much horseplay and jostling, which, as every cinemaddict knows, is the way strong men have of showing affection for each other. Handsome Jack (Jack Holt) has an affair with Snuggles (Dorothy Revier), grows so fond of her ways that he actually marries her. Unknown to Handsome Jack, Snuggles seduces Best Friend Mason who happens to be a member of a submarine crew. When Jack learns that there has been an affair he is angry with his friend. The submarine in which Mason is cruising...
...time the first diver went down on Sunday, December 18, and heard tappings from the torpedo room, why did he not connect up the air-hose then...
...Helium mixed with oxygen as a source of air supply for divers is impractical. The means of utilizing this is still far from a state of perfection, and besides it would cost about five hundred dollars for each diver that went down...