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...There is an officer who was the first of our Army to land at Gallipoli. He was dropped overboard to light decoys on the shore, so as to deceive the Turks as to where the landing was to be. He pushed a raft containing these in front of him. It was a frosty night, and he was naked and painted black. Firing from the ships was going on all around. It was a two hours' swim in pitch darkness. He did it, crawled through the scrub to listen to the talk of the enemy, who were so near that...
...engine. Republic designers declared the new P47 (to go into production in a new factory within a few weeks) would top 400 miles an hour, would have a fighting altitude of 40,000 ft. Apparently the Air Corps was convinced that the P47 was good enough, for it threw overboard its policy of buying mostly liquid-cooled pursuits. Before the ship ever flew (but after a lower-powered design had been tested) Republic had a $56,500,000 order, biggest pursuit contract the Air Corps ever signed...
Cruising down the Potomac on a hot Sunday afternoon, the onetime Coast Guard cutter Milan turned suddenly off course when five tide-spun swimmers were spotted struggling in the water 1 ,000 yards away. As the cutter drew up, lines were thrown overboard. Then the strong arms of Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox, Assistant Secretary Ralph Bard and Colonel William Joseph ("Wild Bill") Donovan helped pull the swimmers to safety...
...most complete report on wartime England yet made by an American; he consulted again & again with the Government's managers of defense, of money, of diplomacy and of the armed forces. While the sailorman President's back was tactfully turned, many a New Dealer was dropped overboard with a quiet splash. As the new horizon drew nearer, the new crew looked more & more like a Who's Who of Industry...
...showmen, and their novelty numbers--which incidentally have been featured with Harry James and Duke Ellington--have that element of spontaneity and life which you'll only find in colored entertainment, and which is sadly lacking in the run-of-the-mill Boston floor show. Last week I went overboard for Roscoe's tenor work. I've heard him several times since then and still haven't eaten my words. If you do go down to the Savoy, ask the band to play Liebestraum, and listen to the way Roscoe builds up chorus after chorus until you say to yourself...