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...Admiral Charles P. Plunkett of the U. S. Navy marched aboard the Asama to pay his respects to sturdy, genial Rear Admiral Osami Nogano, commanding the two ships. After a few minutes' conversation in the Japanese Admiral's quarters, the U. S. Admiral went ashore to the din of 13 guns, which a Japanese officer explained was the "passing out salute...
Then the sharp metallic rat-tat-tat-tat of machine guns sounded high above the din of battle as the Isabel replied in deadly fashion to the fire from both banks. Eventually, the Chinese, defeated, ceased fire, and the Isabel passed proudly on downstream. One sailor received two slight flesh wounds...
...Forces, for use in army tanks, was exhibited last week on Salisbury Plain, England. Any member of a tank crew could operate it. Fine tuning had been eliminated by employing low frequency waves and a powerful, seven-tube superheterodyne receiver. Padded headphones protected the listener from internal and external din. The aerial, a hollow aluminum rod ten feet high, was equipped with a spring hinge to let it fold on the tank roof going under trees or bridges, rise erect again when they were passed...
...transported to Cambridge for that purpose, were then asked to remove their coats and prepare themselves for the paint. This latter was most lavishly spread on the physiognomies of the chosen few, in turn, by R. L. Stough, expert painter of the First National Studios, amidst the smoke and din resulting from the presence of countless newspaper photographers. At the conclusion of this process, the stars of the picture world, to be, were given three minutes each in front of a First National field camera, during which these they were to depict, for the photographer and acting director...
March of the toilers. Din of the builders. Birth of the hero; the hero emerges from the welter, full-fledged, ready for Service; he tries his metal...