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...running the paravane is beneath it, the wire (which has electrical wires in its centre) crossing the hull of the submarine has a tendency to make the paravane curl under it, puts an extra strain on the winch of the towing destroyer, thus releasing a dynamometer switch and blowing up the paravane which is filled with lyddite. The cost of these explosive paravanes is, including the winch and apparatus, almost as high as that of a torpedo. Once paravane is streamed it is a very risky, if not impossible job to get it in without blowing...
...Paris Ivan Manghikian married. One night last week he fell a-brooding. At last he unpacked his heavy executioner's sword, sev ered his wife's neck with one deft blow while she slept. Arrested, Ex-Executioner Manghikian said: "There are 365 days in the year, but I had cut off only 364 heads. Now at last the number is complete...
...loss of Caldwell who started against Boston University was considered a great blow at Yale. If this speedy halfback is able to enter the game today however. Harvard will experience no great qualms. It was Caldwell who entered last year's game in the closing minutes and with the ball on Harvard's five yard line gained three yards in three rushes...
Died. Harry Houdini (onetime Harry Weiss), 52, famed magician; in Detroit, Mich.; of peritonitis, following a blow on the stomach, delivered by an inquisitive and injudicious McGill University student...
...Yale encounter. Captain Coady and French, whose play stood out in the Crimson line and backfield respectively, are also on the doctor's list but should be in uniform again by Thursday. Both were badly battered in the course of the game and French also received a severe blow on the head which finally forced his with drawl from action...