Word: skies
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Eight miles away the freighter Tsinan turned about and guided by the pillar of fire ascending to the sky made for the scene. The British destroyer Wishart, warned by wireless, arrived under forced draft at 8 p. m. Cautiously maneuvering through the murk her commander, with magnificent seamanship, brought the bow of his ship against the bow of the fiery Fulton, held her there while the remainder of those aboard the Fulton leaped to safety. A Filipino cook boy broke a leg, an electrician hurt his spine. Six others had lesser injuries but before morning all the Fulton...
Through the sky Death continued to dog the Army Air Corps carrying the mail. All in one day last week the following occurred...
Through the sky Death continued to dog commercial airlines carrying passengers. Last week, a fortnight after eight passengers & crew were killed near Salt Lake City (TIME, March 5), the following occurred...
...high jump will not give Harvard a look in. The Green will without a doubt sweep the event, Woodberry and Lindstrom having shown their stuff at the Intercollegiates on Monday. Woodberry gave Champion George Spitz of NYU a fine sky jumping battle. The broad jump based on previous performances of the entries should go to Stowe of Dartmouth, with Godshall of Cornell second and Rodman of Dartmouth third. Harvard has a good number of potential scorers in this event who may crash through to give the Crimson several much needed points. There is Eddie Calvin and Windy Hasler and Captain...
...noon sun in a grey sky found Lieut. Howard M. McCoy piloting an observation plane with 211 Ib. of mail in her belly from Newark to Cleveland. Suddenly something went wrong with the lubrication. The motor burned out and Lieut. McCoy was forced down into a cow pasture at Dishtown, Pa. He slung the 211 Ib. of mail on his back, slogged two miles through the snow into Woodland, where he handed his mail over to the postmistress to be forwarded by train...