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...airport, ambulances and fire engines were waiting. Police, firemen, physicians stood by. Thrill-seekers by the thousand held their breath. Down into the glare of the floodlights swooped the ship, hit the earth with a thud, skidded 700 ft. on her belly in a shower of dust and sparks, ground to a stop amid cheers and applause. Damaged propellers would cost Northwest Airlines $50 to repair, but unbroken was the company's proud record of eight years without a single passenger fatality...
Inside the plant two dozen peace officers and firemen tried to think. Assistant Fire Chief James Bolz had an idea. He telephoned to nearby California Institute of Technology, pleaded for an explosives expert. In a few minutes a lone automobile slid to a stop at the scene. Out stepped Professor William Noble Lacey, the brisk embodiment of Science, to the rescue...
Flames roared through the Great Ballroom and the bedchambers in which slept Edward of Wales on his last visit (TIME, Nov. 28. 1932). "Come on, boys!" roared the Fire Chief. "Carry out what you can before the roof goes!" As firemen, villagers and servants darted through the smoke, lugging Abercorn's collection piece by piece to safety, Belfast police ringed the Castle to guard the Governor's treasures. Out came a $50,000 Van Dyck. Attempting to rescue a huge tapestry two strapping yokels got tangled in their prize and rolled spluttering out the front door. A dauntless parlor maid...
...mass protest. While they vowed defiance to Adolf Hitler's minions, capless and unribboned students approached, jeering the Korps, shouting "Heil Hitler!" At this the nabobs attacked, starting the bloodiest riot seen in years at Gottingen. To stop it shocked professors called the police who called firemen who rushed to the scene with all Gottingen's fire engines and restored order by heroic squirting...
...cars lined up to keep an open runway. Out of Pier 38 thundered five trucks bearing packaged birdseed, coffee, automobile tires. Before sundown 28 truckloads had been moved safely to a nearby warehouse. Strikers, 3,000 strong, failed to stop the movement. Police fought them off with tear gas, firemen with streams of water. Heads were broken, 26 men were injured, but the only trucks stopped were those of some non-combatants not plying to and from the docks...