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...Chelyuskin. Another Soviet icebreaker went to the rescue, turned tail before howling storms. Professor Schmidt and his men began chopping a path in the ice, nudging the Chelyuskin through it. In the hold eight hardy women helped to keep the fires burning. A new baby squawled its first aboard the icebreaker...
...rescued by a rope. A shifting wind drove the ship off her northeast course. The equilibrator bounced from wave to wave, threatened to wreck the ship. Early Tuesday morning, after traveling 1,008 mi., the America sighted a steamer which came alongside, took Capt. Wellman, crew & kitten aboard. The America vanished into the skies...
Thus Joseph Mason Reeves, native of Tampico, Ill. first displayed gallantry in Naval action. Four years later he was a lieutenant, junior grade, aboard the Oregon when under forced draft that famed warship made her record run from San Francisco around Cape Horn to arrive just in time for the Battle of Santiago. For "eminent and conspicuous conduct in battle" he was advanced four numbers in rank...
...stranger. His Highness the London-born white Rajah of Sarawak was received by the admirals aboard the Kent with royal honors. He obviously wanted to chat about what would happen should Japan try to seize the predominantly Dutch Island of Borneo which also contains the territories of British North Borneo and Sarawak. To Japanese the status of Sarawak might be hard to explain. They might consider it fair game since Sarawak is officially "an independent State," might not attach sufficient importance to the fact that Sarawak is also officially "under the protection of Great Britain." This tie is not weakened...
...throat. In July a slight cold helped him lose two of the seven pounds which he had picked up during his sailboat vacation. In September another head cold and touch of fever again confined him to bed & study, and left a hangover which required a weekend in the sun aboard the Sequoia to eradicate. Last time that he was indisposed was late in October, when he went to bed with what he called the "sniffles." Since then he has been taking sunlamp treatments...