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...Havre drydock. the crew of the French liner Champlain was on strike in the same port. After midnight one night last week, two fires were discovered on the Champlain, one in a cabin, one in a linen locker. Both were quickly put out. A 22-year-old sailor named Joseph Salou, found in a companionway, was arrested. Sailor Salou confessed that he had started the fire in the cabin by dropping a cigaret. Said he: ''Overcome by realization of the enormity of my carelessness I tried to cover up by starting a fire in the lower deck linen...
...bill which can be guaranteed to rush through House and Senate like a flogged sailor running the gamut is the biennial highway bill, authorizing the expenditure of millions of dollars for U. S. roads. Practically untouched by human hands, the bill (this one was for $484,000,000) was unanimously passed by the House last week. There was contention on just one point. Michigan's Representative Jesse P. Wolcott (Rep.) wanted an amendment that would dot U. S. highways with frequent comfort stations. Opposition came from two Democratic Congressmen, Milton H. West of Texas and Claude A. Fuller...
...dictator trying to run things on a strictly authoritarian basis, the devastating technique of Popeye the Sailor-man in dealing with bulldozers is bound to be disturbing. Last week in Berlin Nazi censors decided Popeye's spinachy vigor was getting a mite too rich for Aryan blood, banned one of his latest cinema cartoons, Popeye's Parrot...
Deep Water Sailor. "I believe we have been right in the course we have charted. I propose to sail ahead. I feel sure that your hopes, I feel sure your help are with me. For, to reach a port, we must sail-sail, not lie at anchor; sail, not drift...
...McAllester's fine rich voice was well suited to the role of the traveling salesman, Aeneas, and he made that hit-and-run lover appear almost noble and dignified. Besides these actors, the audience particularly liked the dramatic ability of Mr. Eric, and Mr. Cochrane as a sailor. There were several added attractions, Miss Schroeder's well-trained ballet did an excellent job, and Mr. Chiasson drew applause at the harpsichord. Unlike the benighted students in the Hasty Pudding and the Pi Eta, the Lowell chorus had the chance to dance with girl opponents and they and their partners "gave...