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...wave; they were in a fury. Salt spray was lashing over the deck, the bow dug through green water as it plowed along undecided whether to be a boat or a submarine. One sail had blown to shreds and he struggled to get up a trisail, a little handkerchief of a sail, in its stead. The din of the wind and the water dulled his hearing. Then he saw the wind and waves and water receding as be sneaked into Boston harbor to ride out the gale...
Most hair-raising escape from death was that of Germany's baldish, grinning Major-General Ernst Udet, Germany's No. 1 stunt flier whose stunts include flicking a handkerchief off the ground with his wingtip and who apparently bears a charmed life. After the War, in which he brought down 62 Allied planes, Udet was forced to bail out more than once, on one occasion barely managing to kick himself free of the falling wreckage of his plane in time to open his parachute. Few hours after last week's accident, which occurred while Udet was competing...
Following St. Paul's admonition to the Corinthians, the Roman Catholic Church enjoins its womenfolk to cover their heads at worship, if only with a shawl or handkerchief. Last week the Vicar General of the Catholic diocese of Louisville, Very Rev. E. Erie Willett, startled the faithful within and without his flock when, presumably acting for Louisville's Bishop John A. Floersh, he declared that the currently fashionable, crownless "halo hats" are inadequate for Catholic church wear. Quipped Vicar General Willett: "I am sorry that the ladies here will have to wait until they get to heaven before...
...infallible is Sam Liebowitz's smartness. Trying a case before mixed Italians and Irish he was trying to show up a policeman. "What's that bulge in your hip pocket, a black-jack?" "No, it's a handkerchief and a medal," said the policeman, pulling out the handkerchief. "Oh, so you're a hero, eh?" snapped Liebowitz. "No," said the cop, pulling out a religious medal, "a Roman Catholic...
Sergeant Lyons: I don't know. He may be drawing his handkerchief...