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...Christmas Eve a happy knot of womenfolk on a quay in Halifax had the U. S. Liner American Farmer to thank that their men were home to tell the tale of what happened when heavy weather struck the venturesome Nova Scotian three-master Fieldwood, bound from Hawkesbury, N. S. for Barbados. Two days out the pumps broke down. Water poured in through the racked hull to disable auxiliary engine and radio. Soon the captain, his crew of six and their mascot bulldog, Yummie, were marooned on the deck of the water-logged ship...
...finally delivered its "prisoners" to State's Attorney Courtney's office on the third. Immediately, Kolesiak repudiated his Herex "confession," produced a witness to prove he was in a trolley car accident when the fire broke out. But most newsmen agreed the Herex had added another notable knot to a string of dizzy scoops...
...knot of sidewalk spectators bustled a puritanical gaffer. He grabbed Lady Godiva's wrist, clawed at her dangling bare leg: "Down with this sacrilege; wearing nothing but a bathing suit! This is supposed to be a God-fearing country." Lady Godiva's father, marching beside the mare, knocked the old man to the pavement. The crowd pinned him down. As police dragged the oldster to safety he shrieked: "How dare they do that to a little girl of 13? Poor little innocent-making an exhibition of herself at that tender age! I think it's awful." Unabashed...
...Swap El Salvador, a knot on the geological cord joining North and South America, is a one-crop country-coffee forming about 95% of her exports. Since 1935, with the coffee market glutted, she has disposed of her crop largely by barter with Germany, getting textiles, hardware in return. Last week the 13,173-sq. mi. nation, the size of New Jersey and Connecticut, decided she needed airplanes for training purposes, for ferrying army freight over her mountains and for remote control over rebel bands in the interior. There appeared to be no better way to get them than...
...privately with the President; worked on a deal by which the Maritime Commission proposes to buy three good ships from International Mercantile Marine, for South American service; announced consolidation of the Grace Steamship Co. and Columbian Steamship Co.; discussed plans for building for South American trade three new 25-knot luxury liners convertible into aircraft carriers. He also had his last say on his two biggest and unsolved problems-new construction and maritime labor...