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...next appearance was at Old Fort, N. C., where it looked as though Candidate Smith might make a speech. But George W. Sandlin, the local orator, got into action first, with a historical sketch of Old Fort. Then a conductor called "All aboard...
...Hongkong, a Fairy 3-F seaplane with three Royal Air Force officers aboard became unmanageable in the air directly above the aircraft carrier H. M. S. Hermes. Plunging down like a plummet it tore a hole in the Hermes' flying deck, burst into flames and then rolled overboard into the sea. By smart work with a boat-hook the dead body of Flying Officer A. W. Hale was recovered before it sank; but divers had to go down after what remained of Air Lieutenant J. H. Graham and Telegraphist Stanley Jackson...
...Searching (private recreation). William Beebe, unlike most explorers who talk for their dinners after they have made their more or less perilous expeditions, takes his dinner parties along with him aboard the private yachts of rich friends when he goes a-faring. Last week a flotilla of four vessels bore him company along the Florida edge of the broad Atlantic from Miami southward to the Florida keys. There, while his hosts sipped ices under the southern sun, Mr. Beebe dropped, under the shield of a glass-windowed helmet, to see what he could see swimming at the bottom...
From the shore came eight pinnaces, carrying eight captains, all in full dress uniform, who were piped aboard the Eagle with traditional honor. They were the Court. They sat down to give judgment, without removing their imposing cocked hats. With portentous gravity they took into custody the sword of the accused...
...accused was Commander Henry Martin Daniel. As a subordinate of Rear Admiral Collard aboard the flagship Royal Oak, he is charged with making known to brother officers complaints against the conduct of Rear Admiral Collard which were embodied in a letter written by Captain K. G. B. Dewar of the Royal Oak to superior naval officials. The act of making known the contents of this secret letter laid open Commander Daniel to the grave, technical charge of "subverting discipline by bringing a superior officer into contempt...