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Born. To the U. S. Naval Academy's football mascot goat, Old Bill; and a nameless nanny of the Academy's herd: two kids; in Annapolis...
...last week, tore through 2,500 mi. of stiff west wind, landed at Burbank, Calif. 12 hr. 22 min. later, more than two hours under the westbound record. The pilot was big-framed Roscoe Turner who wears a swagger uniform of his own design and used to keep a mascot lion. The plane was a Wedell-Williams speedster of the type which made the eastbound record (10 hr. 19 min.) last September...
Amelia Earhart Putnam, Ladies' Night guest of honor at Manhattan's Explorers Club, prepared to present a blue Persian kitten as club mascot. William J. Morden, Asiatic big-game hunter and explorer, announced that the aviatrix. in accordance with ancient Inca custom, would anoint the cat's feet with oil to prevent its straying from home. Boomed a voice in the rear: ''Bill's wife says to put some oil on his feet...
With His Majesty on the Victoria & Albert were Edward of Wales and Prince George. During four days of inspection and naval pageantry climaxed by the "battle." human interest was supplied by "Bill." a slavering, snoring bulldog mascot of the Nelson. Because the King patted Bill on the head while inspecting the Nelson, British newsfolk reported with elaborate jocularity that "the crew feel their Bill has been knighted and now call him 'Sir William Bulldog...
...while attempting to dock the Los Angeles at Lakehurst, a snow squall whipped the ship up 500 ft., jerked eight men with her. All were pulled aboard. But not pulled aboard last year was Mascot Tige, nine-month-old bullpup. Always eager to aid the ground crew of Navy blimp J3, Mascot Tige clamped his teeth in a line as the blimp rose, relaxed his jaws at 400 ft., plummeted to his death (TIME...