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...glittering aquamarine, white & silver Sikorsky amphibian bought by an insurance company for William Randolph Hearst Jr. to replace one which was rammed and sunk by a fishing boat off Manteo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Roll Call | 4/11/1932 | See Source »

While the Treaty cruisers were considered swift and of extremely long-range cruising ability, they were sufficiently vulnerable to have one of their number sunk and another damaged by aircraft attack and shell fire. The big submarines had proved efficient at scouting, but four out of five were lost in action. Planes had operated from carriers as far as 1,000 miles at sea, a record, yet their usefulness had been at the whim of weather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Fleet Problem No. 13 | 4/4/1932 | See Source »

...Manhattan the World-Telegram (Scripps-Howard) flayed the interview, refusing "to believe that American justice has sunk so low that it must go begging and bargaining for such help...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Brisbane's Coup | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

This means that 500,000 housewives have full time or part time jobs. Ridiculed by the Soviet Press, a "housewife" is now a Russian woman who has sunk so low that she stays at home, ignoring the clarion call of the Five Year Plan to "Work! Work! Work...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Liquidated Housewives | 3/14/1932 | See Source »

...fast playing and good passing, the Crimson courtmen took the lead early in the game and at the end of the first half the score stood 20 to 14 in favor of the Freshmen. In the second half the St. Anselm team sunk a number of goals and brought the score up to 20 all. With only two minutes to play and the score still even J. A. Fitzpatrick '35, playing left forward, sunk three foul shots bringing the Freshman out ahead. R. G. Fletcher '35 was the high scorer of the fray with a total of eight points...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FRESHMAN HOOPSTERS EDGE FIGHTING ST. ANSELM'S 23-21 | 3/9/1932 | See Source »

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