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...from the wreckage rose Seaman Johnnie Hutchins, mortally wounded and failing fast. He grasped the helm and turned the ship clear of the torpedo. Then he died with his hands clutched tight around the wheel...
...sightly great-granddaughter of the late Robber Baron Jay Gould, stood at the head of her graduating class at the Naval Reserve Midshipmen's School in Northampton, Mass. Not a college graduate, the daughter of socialite Financier Kingdon Gould of Manhattan enlisted in the WAVES as an apprentice seaman in October 1942, worked her way through t he ranks to an officer-candidate appointment...
Slosson attributes his success to: 1) abstention from liquor and tobacco; 2) training; 3) a natural gift for the game. A grandnephew of James Fenimore Cooper, he played billiards with some of the literary figures of his youth. Last week he recalled them the way a seaman recalls far ports of the earth. Henry Ward Beecher he remembered as a "just ordinary" player. Robert G. Ingersoll and Charles A. Dana were fair amateurs. Mark Twain was "a good fair amateur." Slosson also gave billiard lessons to famed soprano Adelina Patti...
...survive in wartime, in the seaman's hazardous trade, is the subject of a practical handbook for U.S. merchant seamen, to be published next week. A few hints from Safety for Seamen...
...years ago in Kerr (pronounced Carr), North Carolina, but contrary to popular opinion his first words were not "Re-co-verrrr booookks!" In March, several years later, 1938 to be precise, Civilian Kerr appears at a Navy Recruiting Station and commences his naval career. After 13 months as a seaman, he doffs his bell-bottoms for good and takes the oath as midshipman at the Naval Academy. Three years later, due to the acceleration of the course, he becomes an ensign USN and leaves immediately for a SoPac...