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...monster gingerly with a flask of bottled water. She struck again. No damage was done. Up stepped manly Homer Lenoir Ferguson, President of Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. (see col. 1), took the bottle in his hand, shattered it to fragments. The monster slid away before his blow, slipped into the shining waters of the River James. "Ah christen thee Houston," murmured Miss Holcombe...
...week work will be a mighty factor in the country's cultural revolution and will deal a smashing blow to religion...
...free-for-all for a special trophy molded from a solid gold brick, presented by Barren Collier, two drivers of skittish little outboards, encouraged by the result of the gold cup race, entered their craft on the slim hope that the hydroplanes would all tip over, fall apart or blow...
Councilmen rose, started to worm their way out through the crowd. A woman called Mr. Walmsley a dirty name. A man clouted him in the stomach. He hit back. A free-for-all fight started. One councilman was knocked almost unconscious by a blow on the neck. The crowd became a mob. Into the affray waded Police Captain Henry Melson, unpopular with the strikers for his "rough stuff." Up went the cry: "Get Melson!'' He was "gotten"- crushed to the floor, kicked, cuffed, pounded, pummeled. He drew his gun, fired shots along the floor, hit two legs...
...camping with Steinmetz, a young Dutchman wanted to blow up a stump. For dynamite he began mixing potassium chlorate and powdered sulphur but pressed too hard on a lump in the chlorate. A blinding flash, and the youth was found all bloody. Others were excited but Steinmetz, frantic, outdid them, jabbered English, German, gibberish, hopped from bed to chairs till quieted...