Word: pigeoning
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...weeks ago Thomas Ross, civilian pigeon expert for the U. S. Army Signal Corps stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J. was a worried man. His favorite bird, Molly Pitcher, was missing. He had sent her to the pigeon flying at Chattanooga, Tenn., Kentucky Derby of U. S. pigeondom. Loosed there from Lookout Mountain, she had failed to fly home. Ross was sure she knew the way (600 mi.), and of the 500 war couriers under his care, she is one of the fastest. Last year in the Grand National race at Danville, Va., she was second...
After three worried days, Ross received a radio message from Camp Dix (Wrightstown, N. J.). A Fort Monmouth bird had come down there badly wounded. He hurried to Camp Dix, found his Molly. Like many another pigeon, she had been attacked by a hawk. There was a big hole in her back. Her weight, usually 14 oz., was down to six. Although sad to see Molly's condition, Pigeonman Ross was proud that she had chosen an Army camp for refuge. She had never seen Camp Dix before...
...Baltimore, John Butz waited for his prize-winning homing pigeon Antwerp to come home from St. Paul, Minn. Four days overdue, faithful Antwerp walked in, denuded of his feathers by a storm and with a painful case of sore feet...
Louisiana publishers convened, deliberated. Publishers all over the country expressed shocked surprise, indignation. Analysis of the House membership indicated that if the legislation ever left the Ways & Means Committee's pigeon holes it would be defeated on the floor. When questioned, Governor Long denied all knowledge of the affair, suggested that the bills might have been instigated by "the billboard interests...
...sparrowhawk started to chase a carrier pigeon across the Atlantic last week. When 500 miles out they met the Cunarder Caronia, both were contented to alight, to be put in a single cage where they completed their crossing in avian amiability...