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...powerful binoculars, sound apparatus like that used for detecting the presence of submarines. L. N. M. Co. will determine Nessie's size, her speed of travel, and whether she is, as various eyewitnesses and scientists have declared: 1) an elephant seal which swam in from the North Sea via the Caledonian Canal; 2) a hippopotamus; 3) a 50-ft. prehistoric reptile with a whiskery pinhead and eight scaly humps; 4) a giant squid; 5) "an abomination with a three-arched neck"; 6) a cold-blooded crocodile; 7) a cool fabrication...
...Korese. Since the Ethiopian Government no longer exists, it was necessary to apply to the Italian Consulate for his travel documents, thus, in effect, recognizing Italian sovereignty over Ethiopia. Last week, two Ellis Island guards tucked Mohamet Koko di Korese in a third class cabin on the Rex, booked, via Italy, to Addis Ababa...
...cast-iron constitution, one that can digest a season in Palm Beach, too many rich luncheons at 21 and the Colony, nights out at the Stork and El Morocco and the constant battering of debutantes who are determined to get into the movies via the front page...
That cruise started in March 1937 when the Bakers christened their American-designed, Chinese-built schooner So Fong (which they were told meant "everything beautiful in woman"), set sail for the U. S. via the Philippines, the South Seas, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, Mediterranean and the South Atlantic. Not for glory, not for science, but just for fun, the Bakers bucked monsoons for 600 miles from Sumatra to Ceylon, saw their main boom snapped during a vicious squall in the Indian Ocean, spent three days on a tiny tropical island while the spar was being repaired...
...Columbia defeat in the opener was a heartbreaker for the Crimson. Twice with the bases loaded Varsity hitters struck out, when a single would have meant possible victory. In the last inning Dick Ulin and Joe Soltz went out via the strike-out route with three...