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...plane made one three-hour flight yesterday, starting at 4:56 a.m. It soared 170 miles out over the Pacific through fog banks, contacting ships to establish its course. Then, with its windows blackened to give complete "blind flying" conditions, it took off at 1:45 p.m. for another seaward flight, returning...
...immense Wurlitzer organ which he cannot play. He collects jade, says, "The greatest luxury I have is the ability to dress in clean clothes complete from the skin out every day." His favorite pastime is sitting on the bottom of the ocean. To this end his 106-ft. schooner Seaward carries a special 80-lb. helmet and metal shoes. Says DeMille: "It's a great way to keep in condition. ... I always return to the surface completely refreshed...
...fifth day the whaler Globe 5 sighted Captain Riiser-Larsen, his two companions and his stiff-legged dog and picked them up as they were being blown seaward on a chip of ice 100 yd. long, 50 yd. wide...
...Sachuset Beach, R. I.," will shock natives who know of nothing but "Sachuest." But the name, like most Indian names, has been as shifting as the sands which have built in at the rate of three feet a year and left the rocks, where once the Dean sat gaping seaward, hanging only over dry land...
...Black Sea was black and stormy around the royal palace at Exinograd, Bulgaria, when Tsar Boris looked out a seaward window. He saw six people in a tiny boat; they were fighting a losing fight with mighty waves. King Boris called a mechanic, jumped into his own motorboat, and "at great personal risk" sped out, towed the six to safety...