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...trimotored Ford of Central Airlines, he got as far as Hancock, Md. when the left outboard motor exploded, tore loose from its moorings, crashed through the landing gear and plunged earthward. The other two motors sputtered, the plane vibrated heavily, all lights went out. Pilot Carmichael stuck a flashlight out the window, calmly took stock of the situation...
Through travelers hand their passports to the French porter, are seldom disturbed by frontier passport control officers except for a quick glance, or occasionally at night a rap on the compartment door and the stab of a flashlight. If suspected of being a spy, the thing to do is to raise a terrific hubbub and demand that the express be held while you telegraph the nearest U. S. Legation which in the Balkans will reply faster than you would think. Usually the express will wait...
...string of Lionel Line coaches. Lionel Corp. still makes stem-wind locomotives, but President J. (for Joshua) Lionel Cowen, who gave his middle name to the company, was a pioneer in electrification. Onetime apprentice with Henner & Anderson, early makers of dry batteries, he spent his teens inventing a flashlight, finding new uses in surgical instruments for small electric bulbs. At 20, struck with the idea of electricity for toy trains, he founded Lionel Corp., produced a locomotive, coach and caboose operated by a dry battery for $6. Today, 35 years later, Lionel electric trains start, stop and reverse by remote...
...survey further recommends that not only should meter patrol, radio, flashlight recall system, and patrol booths be increased but also that the methods for coordinating that work of the police units, be improved, so that the whole force can be mobilized in a given emergency...
...Alagna heard someone scream: "We can't control the fire! The pressure's gone!" Then he awakened his chief, pudgy George W. Rogers, who went to the wireless room and took over from the second assistant. The room went dark as the ship's electric power failed. With a flashlight the radio men turned on the reserve battery current. "Sparks" Rogers then sent out his station call, KGVO. He next sent his QRT "Clear the air!'' Then CQ "Attention, please!" Then "All stations please stand by!" Meanwhile the operator in a little stucco Radio Marine Station at Tuckerton...