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Most of the 200-man crew were saved -including the skipper, 33-year-old Lieut. Commander Douglas M. Swift, and his "exec," Lieut. Robert M. Morgenthau, 24-year-old son of the Secretary of the Treasury. Among the missing: Lieut. George E. Haines, 24, who swam-about with a life...
¶In the sea: "You can tread water, take off your pants or jacket, tie a knot in the legs or sleeves, button them up and swing them through the air so that the arms and legs fill with air. Then twist the open ends so that the air stays...
The life preserver was thrown by whip-smart, likable Editor-Owner Freda Kirchwey, 48, who bought the Nation from Maurice Wertheim in 1937 for two reasons: 1) she wanted to maintain it as a voice for leftism; 2) she hoped to make it selfsupporting. Her new plan: to transfer the...
Aug. 11-Co-pilot Michael [Lieut. James A. Michael, Temple, Okla.; missing] and I may get separated. I have a life preserver; he hasn't. If you find me and not him, send help quickly, as he is starving.
Hinduism came before Buddhism in India, and lasted longer. Of the numerous Hindu deities, Brahma is boss, with Vishnu, the preserver, and Siva, god of destruction and creation, making up the Hindu trinity. The Hindu measures his own brevity by a vast time sense: a day in the life of...