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...April 18 issue of TIME, does the French Line an injustice in that it further helps to spread the impression, already widespread through careless reporting and leave lines in the newspapers, that the "$1,26,000 worth of imported narcotics dismissed as German toys were seized aboard the Ve. Ed France, after an attempt to smuggle them in either with the help or through the carelessness of members of the crew...
...Aboard the ship Sailor Cowart spurned spirits of ammonia. Said he: "Gimme something to eat." He set off immediately on a curiosity tour of the Akron. After the ship was successfully moored later that evening, Sailor Cowart stubbornly refused to tell his story to reporters, despite the friendly coaxing of Commander Rosendahl. A welterweight boxer out for the All-Navy championship, he said: "I'll have to see my manager before I talk." His manager sold the story to the highest bidder, Hearst's Universal Service...
...while attempting to dock the Los Angeles at Lakehurst, a snow squall whipped the ship up 500 ft., jerked eight men with her. All were pulled aboard. But not pulled aboard last year was Mascot Tige, nine-month-old bullpup. Always eager to aid the ground crew of Navy blimp J3, Mascot Tige clamped his teeth in a line as the blimp rose, relaxed his jaws at 400 ft., plummeted to his death (TIME...
...York Harbor aboard a ferry boat, Harold Donahue and John Cusack, brokers, eyed a man of scholarly mien for a long time. They approached the man peered into his face. "You're Stalin!' accused Broker Donahue. The man protested that he was Dr. Cornelius Mezei, pathologist of Sea View Hospital. "You're Trotsky!" contradicted Broker Cusack, grasping Dr. Mezei firmly by the cravat When the boat docked, Brokers Donahue & Cusack turned their find over to Federal agents, who promptly released him. Said Dr. Mezei: "They wanted to see my passport. They said they were Secret Service...
...things really begin to happen. The town is recaptured by the Tsar's army. Kylenko and his underlings are put aboard ship for Sebastopol, to be executed. They capture the ship and head it back for Theodosia which has been recaptured by Reds. The aristocrats on board, aided by the dancing girl, try to magnetize the ship's compass so that they can steer for Sebastopol without letting Kylenko find out about it. For a time the boat is practically spinning in the Black Sea; but when it docks its passengers find themselves at Theodosia. Dmitri is taken...