Word: fogged
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Chief Officer William F. Warms wirelessed his owners in New York: "Willmott deceased 7:45 p. m." The Ward Line radioed back for confirmation, received it from the purser. The farewell dance was canceled. Heavyhearted. Chief Officer Warms, now acting captain, began pacing his bridge. A fog closed...
...Turner (California National Guard) was scratched 15 minutes before the start by a leaky fuel tank. Three pilots were left in the race. Flying the famed red-and-black Wedell-Williams "44," a drawling Atlantan named Douglas Davis took off from Burbank before dawn without breakfast. Headwinds, rain and fog cut his speed to 212 m. p. h., brought him to Cleveland an hour behind the course record but in plenty of time to win the $4,500 first prize and receive the Bendix Trophy from Cinemactress Mary Pickford. Said he, grinning: "I guess I'll be able...
...gasoline, a Department of Commerce inspector claimed his plane was overloaded by 2,000 lb., revoked his license, ordered his plane grounded. Incensed, Dorbandt climbed back into the plane, shouted: "You will never see me again!" Taking off with 2½-hr. fuel supply, he headed east into the fog over Prince William Sound. His friends, recalling the airplane suicide last year of a Jacksonville, Fla. widow (TIME, Dec. 4), gave him up for dead. Two days later Flyer Dorbandt suddenly returned to Anchorage, was promptly clapped into jail, was released next day under bond...
What the Islander struck was not certain. There was no ice, no fog. No less uncertain was the amount of gold that went down with the ship. According to one survivor the purser handed out to frantic passengers all but two $10,000 bags which no one claimed. According to another, many a victim went to the bottom hugging $40,000 bags of nuggets and dust...
Convinced of the efficacy of Mr. Houghton's fog broom, newshawks last week rushed to him with demands for the chemical formula. Mr. Houghton put up his hands. "That," he smiled, "is a secret...