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...Merlin Hall Aylesworth and an English osteopath named W. H. J. Oxenham were to make up a foursome for an afternoon of golf, the osteopath would probably win. What would make such a victory remarkable is the fact that Osteopath Oxenham is totally blind. Last week at the West Hove Club near Brighton, England he was awarded a handicap of 20, which approximates the handicaps allotted to Messrs. Chrysler, Goldberg, Aylesworth, many & many another duffer who has good eyes to keep on the ball...
...making it till he discovered how much of their boat's stores were ruined or missing. Then there was nothing for it but to keep going as long as they could. Luckily in a few days they sighted one of their rival clippers, The Bird of Dawning, hove to and deserted. The skipper had gone crazy, faked a hopeless leak and frightened his crew into the boats. Short-handed as they were, the boat's crew of the Blackganntlet turned to and sailed her home, not knowing till they reached mid-Channel whether they were still...
...York. A 70-ft. wave carried away the Madison's forward deck house, snapped her booms, stove in her ventilators, snatched off three lifeboats and flooded the cabins. The second mate and quartermaster were washed overside, two of the crew badly injured. Captain William Heath hove to, sent out an SOS. The 37 passengers were corralled in the main saloon at 5 a. m. To the wallowing Madison went the Coast Guard destroyer Upshur which oiled the tossing water, convoyed the steamer at 1½knots into Norfolk 24 hours late. Debarking passengers sent up a great cheer...
Died. Inspector Alfred Burn, personal detective to Edward of Wales since the War; in Hove, England...
Ever since scrappers set upon Britain's R-100 with hammer & tongs, Germany and the U. S. have alone borne the burden of dirigible development. But last week Russia hove upon the dirigible scene. Comrade Pourmal, recently appointed Soviet Chief of Dirigible Construction, issued a bold pronunciamento...