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...voice of Tetrazzini, not strong but of great resonance, was peculiarly suited to the radio. Her singing was rebroadcasted to all the British stations and was heard by enthusiasts on the Continent. Many vainly hoped that the U. S. coastal stations would pick up the tremoring wave lengths, as they did those of a jazz concert at the Hotel Savoy, London, a few days later...
Some time ago, the Ford Company put two vessels, the Oncida and Onondaga, into service carrying automobile and tractor parts to Ford assembly plants in coastal ports. Last fall, the Onondaga made its first foreign trip, carrying auto parts to Buenos Aires. Now another ship, the East Indian, is reconditioning at Chester, Diesel engines being installed...
...havoc wrought by the cyclone. At Folkestone, a motor truck was blown into the sea and the driver killed. At Portsmouth, a tramcar was blown into a house. In Wales, the coal mines were flooded. Along the Thames, people were "drowned out of their houses." From every coastal point, news came to London telling of angry waves battering the piers and swamping the promenades. Damage to telegraph and telephone wires greatly interfered with communication, while Channel boats suspended service between England and France...
...Uncle Sam's island possessions, planes must be like the Marines? ready to fight on land or water. The Army Air Service has therefore long sought for an efficient amphibious airplane for its coastal stations in Hawaii and the Philippines. This has now been provided by Grover C. Loening, President of the Loening Aeronautical Engineering Corporation of New York City, designer of the Loening flying yacht and organizer of last year's shortlived air line from New York to Newport. After long development and secret tests, the Army has placed an order for ten of these remarkable all-purpose airplanes...
...patents of this torpedo. Young Hammond preferred to let the U. S. Government have them for $750,000. In 1916, the arrangements for the sale were made, but, in the Government's leisurely way, not carried out. Meanwhile, the development of bombing from airplanes led the Chief of Coastal Artillery to doubt the value of the torpedo. So that transaction was called...