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...crippled; the time and losses would be made up. One good result of the flood was a testing of the Civilian Defense forces. From Pittsburgh to Portsmouth along the Ohio, calls brought out 100,000 people, many of whom stayed on duty 36 hours. Food centers, patrol activities, traffic routing all went smoothly in their hands. Private armies of autos and trucks reacted a thousand miniature versions of the taxicab Battle of the Marne, going wherever they were most needed. Against nature civilian defense had proved it could and would serve. Against flood and high water the war effort...
Technicolor movies of the U. S. Mountain Troops will be shown tomorrow night at the Cadet Armory in Boston at 8:15 o'clock. "Ski Patrol" shows action shots of the ace Army schussers in training at Camp Hale, Colorado, and this showing is sponsored by the First Motor Squadron of the State Guard. Tickets can be obtained at the Coop or the door...
...boat, the 3070 was the yacht Zaida, property of the famed yacht sailmaker, George E. Ratsey (who died in New Rochelle after a long illness last week). She is a sleek, 58-ft. yawl, built for racing. Since October she had been in the Coast Guard's offshore patrol, hunting subs. Skipper Curtis Arnall in civilian life was a radio actor and well-known yachtsman; his mate, 33-year-old Joseph Choate, left a job at New York's Guaranty Trust Co. to join the Coast Guard; none of the 3070's crew had had more than...
Hunt. As far as her would-be rescuers knew, the 3070 had vanished. Vice Admiral Adolphus A. Andrews of the Eastern Sea Frontier took personal charge of the hunt for her. British and Canadian planes, PBY planes, Flying Fortresses and patrol boats scoured the grey ocean. At last, on Dec. 9, a faint wireless voice was heard from the 3070. But she could not give her position, and before she could be located another hurricane swept along the New England coast...
...pilots, reached their target and gave the Japs a nasty surprise. From Henderson Field at dawn, four more SBDs took off on search flights, Weary leading one section, Purdum the other. They sighted five destroyers just out of range for dive-bombing attack. Other pilots took off for antisub patrol off Tulagi, to smoke out Jap land positions on northwest Guadal, to search for some lost pilots...