Word: forward
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...darkness of the unflooded forward compartments the 33 who still lived began to wait. At intervals Lieutenant Naquin fired smoke bombs to ignite on the surface showing where the Squalus had sunk. He released a deck buoy containing a telephone. Four hours later the trapped men heard the engines of the Squalus' sister ship, Sculpin. Through the telephone buoy Lieutenant Naquin reported to the Sculpin what had happened before the line snapped. Nothing more could be done. Somebody mentioned the 26 men trapped behind the bulkhead door. The commander shut him up. The sea, icy cold at 240 feet...
Meanwhile, Bendix, recently re-elected president of Bendix Aviation Corp., which "last year netted $156,047, is looking forward to a better showing this year with things booming in the flying business. Of its stockholders, General Motors is the largest, holds 23.8% of its shares. What Ben Bendix's holdings amount to, the three plaintiffs hope to find out. Most of his friends, who are used to seeing him find a way out of difficulties, still doubted that Bendix would have to go through bankruptcy...
...from his own kennels, fed them nothing but water and heavy dog food mixed with all the vitamins but B1. Within a week the dogs shunned the food, lost weight. They avoided light, trembled and cringed when patted, climbed walls, fell backward, howled constantly. When offered food, they fell forward into their pans...
...regular press conference last week Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt announced that she was looking forward to her tenth grandchild (expected during July by Anne Clark, who married John Roosevelt last June 18). This completes a family record on two scores...
...Republican possibilities forced cancellation of a "Forward to Forty" dinner, scheduled in Washington last week. Taking note that Ohio's Senator Taft had stuck his neck out at the first such dinner TIME, May 1), Mentionables Dewey of New York, Bricker of Ohio and James of Pennsylvania declined to speak at the second...