Word: spout
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Dates: during 1950-1950
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Jack Grant was watching closely from the gate when a cargo loader banged his yellow bag against the airplane hatch. The baggage smasher dropped it in horror as it began to spout flames. White-coveralled mechanics and loaders converged with foaming CO2 bottles, put the fire out before the gasoline could catch. By that time, Grant had thrust the insurance receipts into Betty's hands, blurted something that sounded like "I'm going to be arrested! I'm going to jail for sure," and fled...
Another try at producing rain with dry ice pellets dropped by spout and hopper attachments into the Catskill clouds was curbed by a downpour Thursday, March 23. Only good weather will allow the scientists to try out their $50,000 experiment in a third attempt today...
Howell had planned to start making rain yesterday by dropping dry ice through a spout and hopper attachment into clouds of the Catskills, but a downpour which began at 3 a.m. yesterday morning convinced the city that the $50,000 experiment wasn't necessary...
Howell announced that he will only claim as man-made rain that which falls downwind from his aerial seeding. His first test will be done with dry ice dropped through a hopper and spout attachment built into two New York police department amphibious planes...
...Hungarian National Anthem as a diversion. When this young lady, acted by Bonita Granville, isn't playing the piano she relieves herself of such pronouncements as, "Is it an act of treason to fall in love?" She is in love, incidentally, with the Colonel who does nothing but spout party line in a monotone throughout...