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...about a boy and a girl . . . the boy's name is J. Weatherstrip Reilley. ... He was born during the World War and they called him Weatherstrip because he kept his father out of the draft. The boy has so many wrinkles on his forehead ... he has to screw his hat on his head. . . . On his vest is dangling a golden charm . . . it's a piece of an omelet. . . . He says 'What is that?' And she says 'That is a canvas back duck.' And he says 'Well, take the canvas back and bring...
...rare honor of being protected by Act of Parliament, the New Zealand Government having passed a special Act making it a punishable offense to injure or capture him. His death (about 20 years ago) may be directly attributed to modern progress. The only boats he knew were single-screw steamers which have a propeller in back only, and when the Union Steamship Co. placed their twin-screw Arahura on the run (propeller on the side also, but I hope this will not involve TIME in a nautical argument as I am no sailor), Pelorus Jack met his Waterloo. Shortly after...
...Portland in that part of the English Channel known as "Dead Man's Bay" because of the number of ships wrecked there during the War. At 10:30 one morning the M-2 radioed H. M. S. Titania that she was going to dive. Seaman Morris helped to screw her hatches tight. Down she went and with her 60 officers...
...head to knock a pebble into a crevice with his crook, golfers have been eager to improve their implements. They had reason to feel pleased last week when the U. S. Golf Association, meeting in Manhattan, sanctioned two-piece golf clubs with readily mountable shafts which can be screwed out of one clubhead and into another at a moment's notice.* Brought out by Donaldson Manufacturing Co. of Glasgow, such clubs make it possible to play without a caddy, by carrying one shaft and a small container of clubheads. Practically, they are less for thrift than for convenience...
...Conqueror engines, adopted a muffler which was said to reduce engine noise by 70% without loss of power. The muffler, developed by the company's Chief Engineer Ralph G. Lockwood, consists of an exhaust manifold more than twice the size of the regular type, inside which is a stationary screw which causes the gases to spin about and travel 48 ft. before being released...