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...mystic also predicted the disaster which befell two Navy dirigibles, the USS Macon and the USS Akron. He says he foretold the month, year, and location of the demise of the former, but only the location of the Akron's similar fate--in each case six months before the accident. The Chief was also forewarned of the tornado which struck Worcester...

Author: By Jerome A. Chadwick, | Title: The Mystic Art of Persian Rugs | 11/16/1956 | See Source »

...joined when Lieut. (j.g.) Plympton St. George arrived from an earlier engagement. Though under continual heavy water bombardment, the CRIMSON succeeded in overwhelming St. George and his supporters. Umpires declared the CRIME victor in the maneuvers: 23-2. Both forces are still feeling the effects of the battle. USS THEM Jones, J.p lympton St. War Admiral, c hoo, Choo Train Monk, ocC lem Desperate Norman, ab olitionist Foooo, k Young Storey, jm B. T. Storey Mauretania, ss R. C. Storey Farb Barf Norman M. Hinerfeld '51 lf W. Pistol

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Gag Mag Lags, Rag Bags Wags: 23-2 | 5/15/1950 | See Source »

...professor of Geology, it is just a divining rod. According to observations he made at the original trial of the bomb in the New Mexican Desert, released to the press last week, the atomic bomb will be useful not only for Japanese slum clearance and the disposal of the USS New York but also in finding oil and plotting earthquakes. Leet, who makes a hobby of collecting earthquakes, revealed that the atomic bomb added something new to seismology that has heretofore been missing in ordinary earth rumblings. "Until the bomb observations," Leet explained, we were more or less working...

Author: By Richard W. Wallach, | Title: GEOLOGIST LEET CALLS A-BOMB SEISMOLOGISTS' DIVINING ROD | 2/1/1946 | See Source »

After leaving Cambridge, Lt. Comdr. Abele took his place in the Submarine Service as skipper of the USS Grunion. in September, 1942, the ship was reported missing in action. A year later, with no word to the contrary received, he was "presumed lost in action." For his outstanding bravery in action, he received, posthumously, the Navy Cross and the Purple Heart Medal. He was also entitled to the American Defense Service Medal, the Fleet Clasp, and the Asiatic-Pacific Area Campaign Ribbon. In his honor, the government launched the destroyer USS Mannert L. Abele on April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Five Faculty Men Die in War; Abele Lost in Sea Action | 10/26/1945 | See Source »

Well, fellers, its only three weeks now and after then we can forget, to an extent, 0658 physical training, Cowie food, rough rolls, infantry tactics, and 1945 musters. The weekend exploratory missions originating in B. O. Q. will no longer be confined to the USS Statler, Parker House, and similar habitats, but will greatly increase in radius and impetus under the aegis of New England spring and summer...

Author: By Ensign H. Amlin, | Title: The Lucky Bag | 5/5/1944 | See Source »

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