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...guns were the invention of General Harry G. Bishop, former Chief of Field Artillery, and consist of four pieces mounted on an iron base. Each gun has a regulation panoramic sight and worm gear arrangements for elevation and angle of site...
...years later Pilot Freeburg was flying eight passengers to Chicago in a trimotored Ford when an outboard propeller broke. Vibration shook a motor loose, lodged it in a wing strut, damaged the landing gear. Pilot Freeburg swung his ship out over the Mississippi River, banked steeply, shook the engine loose, dropped it into the water where its 500 lb. could harm no one. Then, on two motors, he flew 25 mi. to an emergency field, landed his passengers safely. For that he received from President Roosevelt the Post Office Department's first Air Mail Flyer's Medal...
...Chicago run, he took off from St. Paul with five passengers, headed for Minneapolis, ten miles away. Circling to land, he heard a small siren wail in the cockpit, saw a tiny light flash on the control board, knew at once what every transport pilot dreads: his retractable landing-gear was jammed. Back he headed for St. Paul, hoping the plane's vibration would shake the wheels down. They refused to budge. For nearly two hours he circled helplessly over St. Paul while Co-Pilot John Woodhead reassured passengers with tales of previous Freeburg exploits. Finally he dumped...
...force knew anything about it. At about 3 o'clock the bridge signalled the engine room to stand by. A few minutes later came an order to search the engine room for signs of fire. At 3:10 full speed ahead on the starboard engine was ordered. The steering gear had burned away and Captain Warms wanted to swing the Morro Castle around for a swing toward the shore. At 3 :30 came the order to stop the engines. Engineers groped through smoke and darkness to reach the valves and controls to shut off the big boilers...
Generous to the point of extravagance, the show offers four worthwhile lady entertainers: 1) saturnine Luella Gear, complaining that she has tried all the advertised luxuries of life but still "I Couldn't Hold My Man"; 2) lean Frances Williams who sings "Fun To Be Fooled" with bright authority; 3) a pert little body from the night clubs named Dixie Dunbar who kicks and chortles cutely; 4) Esther Junger, a concert dancer, bringing Carnegie Hall technique to frivolous Broadway...