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...planned to taxi the 15 miles to Muroton, wait there for clearer weather. When he tried to start, he found carburetor trouble, tied the plane to the Shimushiru and tried to repair it. His efforts were unsuccessful. Finally it was necessary to tie the plane to the ship and tow it. Even this was a failure. The towline broke, the plane was saved ,only by the agile efforts...
...great ceremony as the world's largest twin-screw towboat was named Herbert Hoover by Mrs. Thomas Q. Ashburn, wife of the head of Inland Waterways Corp., the Government-owned barge line. Driven by Diesel motors, the vessel will be able to move a 10,000-ton tow 4 m.p.h. upstream. After trials the Herbert Hoover will go to New Orleans, its home port, and ply between there and St. Louis...
...Nautilus. The liner President Roosevelt headed for the trouble. In the rocky sea it took all day long to throw a line between the Nautilus and the Wyoming. By dark the hawser was snug and, as other ships turned to their proper business, the Wyoming began an 850-mi. tow of the Nautilus to Queenstown, Ireland and repairs...
...years New York City's custom has been to load most of its garbage aboard scows, tow them about 40 mi. to sea, dump them. Wind and tide drift much of the refuse back to shore, spreading it along New Jersey's otherwise fine resort beaches, polluting the water, depreciating property values. New Jersey asked the Supreme Court to enjoin New York's garbage dumping as a public nuisance. Last week the Supreme Court ordered the city to stop its evil practice, but allowed it a "reasonable time" (yet to be fixed) in which to construct garbage...
Engine. Over Lake Erie flew an amphibian of Transamerican Air Line, bound from Cleveland for Detroit. The engine tore partly loose from its mounting, caught fire. Pilot Otis Beard "sat her down" on the water, put out the fire, signaled to a Coast Guard boat for a tow. His four passengers, too, continued...