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...passengers were strapped to their seats ready for the landing at Burbank. As Passenger Arthur Robinson recalled: "Suddenly the plane began to drop-drop. Then there was a terrible crash. My seat belt kept me in my seat. I didn't lose consciousness, but my leg and side hurt. I guess I was about the only one that wasn't knocked out." Passenger Robinson set off alone down the snow-spattered mountain, managed to stagger four miles to the Olive View Sanitarium despite a broken ankle. Inmates there had heard the impact and screams of the victims borne...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wreck and Radio | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

...began aiding the others. Stewardess Esther Jo Connor, despite a broken ankle, did what she could for her passengers, all but two of whom were severely injured, one dead. Martin Johnson, with both jaws broken, skull cracked, a shattered hip and internal wounds, became hysterical with pain. Osa, with leg broken and a concussion, was able only to wipe his face. Rescuers struggling up the mountain heard his screams afar. The plane was almost intact, with one motor torn loose. Nearby was a small fire lookout station. There for nearly ten hours the injured lay before they could be carried...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Transport: Wreck and Radio | 1/25/1937 | See Source »

Members of the championship rifle team, which last year won their first leg on the Hearst Naval R.O.T.C. trophy, began practicing this week for a series of eight matches to be concluded in March in the Hearst shooting contest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sharpshooting Team Starts Practice for Hearst Trophy | 1/13/1937 | See Source »

LICKS CHAMP," a shot of a husky dancer clamping a leg lock on a wrestler's neck; "SHIP WRECKED!" with a preview of drowned bodies cast...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Look Out | 1/11/1937 | See Source »

...advance. He soon got Doe to sign a contract hiring his employer and agreeing to pay him 50% of the money won from a damage suit against the taxi company. Then Doe was transferred to a hospital where the gang had a doctor. X-rays were taken of his leg, retouched to indicate it was broken. The plates won a fat fee from the taxi company, but Doe never saw his share. Kept in the hospital for weeks recovering from injuries he did not have, he ended up with a bill which completely absorbed his half of the money. This...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Chasers Chased | 1/4/1937 | See Source »

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