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...mail over the same route through the same blizzard. Five days later, seated in the Waldorf-Astoria, Will Rogers commented to newshawks on the wreck of a United Air Lines plane in Utah: "Grand feller, that Lloyd Anderson. I'd flown with him several times and with that steward...
...Schmidt's beard, a heavy load of ice formed. Last week the ice pack broke the Chelyuskin's steel heart. From bow to engine room the port side stove in amid great grindings and crunchings. The sudden cold burst the steam pipes. A plank swept the chief steward overboard...
...Schmidt threw in with the ice pack. Working fast, his remaining 71 men and women lugged food, scientific instruments, tents, clothing, records and baby on to the ice. Most important, they got off a little radio sending set with batteries. With a huge glop the Chelyuskin followed the chief steward to the bottom. Even before they set up their tents, the Russians radioed the bad news out. From North Cape, Siberia, 155 mi. away, 60 dog teams mushed off to Professor Schmidt's aid through a screaming blizzard. Rescue planes waited in their hangars for the blizzard...
...Butler was of prime importance to the College, for it was he who dispensed beer, wine, and chocolate to the hungry and thirsty scholars. Another man filled the capacities of bursar, dean's office, parietal board, and coop. This worthy was the steward, who kept track of absences, excuses, and suspensions, and collected fines and imposed other disciplinary action. He also arranged for "special orders" for the students who wished to eat in the sanctity of their rooms, and who were well equipped to prepare their nightly repasts. The night of the fire, these backbones of the College lost their...
Saybrook Lineup: Steward (Crawley), i.e., Train. l.t.; Tanfey (Martin), l.g.; Hall, r.; Barker, r.g.; Walden, r,t.: Bailey (Myer), r.e.: Kennedy, q.b.: Jackson (Pinkham), l.h.b.; Highfield (Vincent), r.h.b.: Ferguson...