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...newsmen and photographers, watched as the inventor poised, 5-11. wings outspread, on the rail of a highway bridge over the Thames River. Presently he took off, plunked straight down 35 feet into the icy water. Extricating himself with difficulty, Bat Man Blain was picked up by a motorboat from which he proudly dove again into the water and swam ashore. The bat wings floated, were retrieved. Said he: "If the wind had been stronger I could have flown much farther. Anyhow, I hope I gave the world a thrill...
With two companions Leon Trotsky put out in a motorboat from Prinkipo. his island exile home near Istanbul, for a fishing trip. In the Sea of Marmora a squall wrecked the boat on rocky Dog Island, where thousands of Constantinople curs used to be sent to starve. Another fishing party rescued Trotsky & friends...
...riflemen took pot shots, Ethelbert was discussed & debated by the Oregon Humane Society, which finally decided he would never get back to sea and therefore should be painlessly executed with dynamite. Before that could be done, one Edward O. Lessard and his son Joseph went out in a motorboat, harpooned Ethelbert, then lost him. Others grappled him up, put him on display. Indignant Portland police confiscated Ethelbert's remains, arrested the Lessards. An indignant Portland judge fined them $200 each for "killing a fish" with weapons other than hook & line. Last week Ethelbert was only a skeleton...
...from the sea. Press & populace named it Ethelbert. The Oregon Humane Society decided Ethelbert would never get back to sea, should be painlessly destroyed by dynamite. Before the dynamiting could take place, last week one Edward O. Lessard and his son Joseph went out in a motorboat, harpooned Ethelbert, then lost him. Others grappled Ethelbert up, put him on display. Portland police arrested the Lessards for disturbing the peace, confiscated Ethelbert's remains...
Kaye Don, British automobile and motorboat driver who holds the world speed record for motorboats, had entered Miss England...