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...Jacksonville, Fla., where the St. Johns River flows into the Atlantic, 53 men, women" & children on the excursion cruiser Ruby Lee were luckier. When the Ruby Lee let go a starboard plank, filled and sank in the mouth of the river, all the crew and passengers were saved. Captain S. E. Baitray sputtered: " 'Twould have been different a few minutes later . . . then we'd have been in the open...
...constant sources of wonder about the 1941 crew is the presence of a slightly-built sophomore in the vital number seven position. It is his duty to pick up the beat from the stroke and pass it down through the starboard side of the boat, and the man to whom this job falls this year is Dave Challinor, a St. Paul's product, as the majority of sweep-swingers seem...
...patrol off Greenland, reported that the ship had been too close for comfort to the battle between the Hood and the Bismarck. While attacking planes roared overhead in the fog, the reverberations of the big guns shook the General Greene, and "some of the shells came mighty near our starboard side...
Princeton's two starboard-stroked Varsity shells spent last night securely lodged in Newell Boathouse preliminary to this afternoon's Compton Cup Regata between Harvard, Tech, and the Tiger. Although the Orange and Black comes to the Charles with shirts won from Rutgers and Navy, it is generally felt that the big Crimson Varsity can cope with anything the Bengals offer...
...take-off troubles happened to a Pennsylvania Central Airlines pilot as he left the hill-bordered Charleston (W.Va.) field, headed for Pittsburgh with six passengers, copilot and stewardess aboard. Pilot Russell Wright had lifted his 10-passenger Boeing 2470 no more than 10 feet off the ground when his starboard motor quit cold. He was past the point where he could plump down on the airport; he had to go on. Quickly he feathered the prop on the dead engine, thus killed its racking rotation, ruinous drag. Co-pilot William Riley snapped up the landing gear. Ahead was the valley...