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...success they would have. The Chilean aviators did not actually sink anything but they had an unanswerable alibi: It was their duty not to damage valuable government property more than was absolutely necessary. In the line of duty they hit the General O'Higgins right on the nose. Her prow burst into flames which were quickly put out. There was no score on the Almirante Latorre but her two blazing anti-aircraft guns perforated one of the planes' wings. One bomb landed full on a ship's launch, killed eight...
...alone."' That is to say, Emperor Hirohito, climbed into a small motorboat, sternly commanded his entourage not to follow, and chugged off for the afternoon. At the helm was a common fisherman who did not count and two other common fishermen crouched beside him in the stern. Upon the prow sat the Divine One, eagerly peering out upon the waters through his spectacles for interesting specimens of seaweed. When the motorboat returned His Majesty had almost a bucketful of likely seaweed and several shells, thus suggesting that he must have landed somewhere without a proper guard...
...Newport News went Mrs. Hoover to break a champagne bottle of water collected from the seven seas over the prow of a new Dollar liner, to declare: "I name thee President Hoover." Herbert Hoover III in the launching stand, shouted with excited glee, gave his grandmother's arm an impulsive shove. Declared R. Stanley Dollar: "Such is our answer to the rumor of a business depression...
Sirs: You stooped pretty low in your picturing of Mrs. Hoover on the title page of TIME for Aug. 18. Your accompanying letter press expressly quotes her as saying she got a thrill when her hand touched the prow of the mighty vessel which she used the bottle of water in christening. Yet you quote her words "a real thrill" under a picture which shows her holding the basketed bottle in a setting which offers the observer no suggestion of a ship or any connection with the object for which the bottle was used. Basketing is commonly used on liquor...
...week to help American Export Steamship Corp. launch its first of four 8,700-ton vessels built with U. S. loans under the new Merchant Marine Act. A whistle tooted; Mrs. Hoover put down her roses, took a basketed bottle of spring water, cracked it smartly over the moving prow, exclaimed: "I christen thee Excalibur." Declared the first lady: "I got a real thrill when my hand touched the bow of that powerful vessel." Later in the week at Camp May Flather near Harrisonburg, Va. Mrs. Hoover broke an ivy rope, presented a 100-ft. rustic bridge across North river...