Word: hooded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last January a British battle squadron was plowing in double column in maneuvers off the coast of Spain. On the yardarm of the flagship, the enormous battle cruiser Hood, appeared a flag signal for the squadron to form single line of battle. H. M. S. Renown, leading the second column, swung sharply inward. The Hood continued stubbornly on her course. Amid warning siren hoots, the two ships crashed together. No one was injured but Renown limped to Gibraltar for temporary repairs. The heavier Hood suffered $40,000 damages. Who was to blame...
...wearing white kid gloves and a frock coat on watch and drinking the King's health in port, that Admirals are almost never guilty. Since 1687 only eight British Admirals have been haled before courts martial, and only three of them found guilty.* The collision between Hood and Renown risked the lives of nearly 3,000 men, $50,000,000 worth of British taxpayers' money. Last week not only the two ships' commanders, Captain Francis T. B. Tower of the Hood and Captain Henry Richard Sawbridge of the Renown, but also the commander of the Squadron, Rear...
...condition that no pictures be taken while court was in session. To minimize confusion the five major newsreels-Paramount, Hearst Metrotone, Fox, Pathe, Universal- jointly operated a single sound-camera, each company receiving a print of all pictures taken. The camera, electrically controlled and housed in a soundproof hood, was lodged in the balcony, about 35 ft. from the judge's bench. A microphone was hidden behind an electric fan over the jury...
...cruiser London of the Malta squadron arrived at Varna on the Black Sea while General Zlateff was sounding out highly placed Bulgarians preparatory to his switch. Off H. M. S. London stepped none other than Rear Admiral John Knowles Im Thurn, sometime commander of H. M. S. Hood ("World's Most Powerful Battle Cruiser...
...Planar-wheel suspension" for greater riding ease, compound hydraulic brakes and steel bodies "reinforced by steel" (to go the others one better) for safety, and "skyway silhouette" with "slim, silvery radiators, intriguing new hood louvers, and gull's wing fenders" for improved body lines-these are the contributions Studebaker has made this year to their models and to the advertising jargon...