Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-31
WIZARD.
ABSENT MINDED?


THEY'RE whispering this tale about
l. a flyer over at the Naval Air Sta
ton, and maybe it is being whispered
about other flyers elsewhere.
1t seems the pilot for weeks had
been putting in all his flying time on
land ships, and hadn't so much as
looked at seaplane or an amphibian.
Then one day he was assigned to test
a seaplane, just arrived at the station.
Everything came of perfectly until
time to land.
Absent-mindedly, the flyer nosed the
ship toward the field. The mechanic,
wise in the vagaries of aviators' minds,
kept quiet until he saw the pilot was
really intending to land.
IF you don't mind me saying So"
he shouted to the flyer as the earth
rushed up, this is a seaplane, and
there aren't any wheels on it."
The pilot wasted no time on dis
cussion. He swung over and mace
the river just in time. The plane
floated to stop out in the middle of
the potomac. The pilot turned to his
mechanic.
"F'evvens sake" he begged, don't
mention a word of this. The boys
would razz me off the reservation"
Never fear" replied the mechanic.
NUNS the word"
With that the flyer loosened his
belt, climbed from the cockpit and
dropped to the ground. Rather, he
thought he was dropping to the ground
until its splashed.
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ESCORT.
Two boys from Tennessee, noD
employed in Washington, passed in
the street the other day and one
OF them still is rubbing the other
about the achievement OF q life
long ambition.
The ribber remembered, 1Dhen
he saU his pictin,, that the latter
alwdys had expressed a desire to
driUe through city Dith police
escort. He had it, all right,
motorcycle Officer in front and an
other behind him; the double
honor being due to the fact that
the man under arrest had talked
back pretty uolubly and the officers
Dere determined that he wouldn't
get a,Uuy. He eventually did after
paying SIS for the escort.
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MEETING.
RROADCASTING does not turn out
always as it is scheduled. Four
newspaper men were chosen to do the
familiar man n-the-street" interview.
At the proper time they gathered
at Twelfth and F streets to question
passers-by on their opinion of the
traffic "walk-light."
Seeing the radio equipment was
missing, the scribes anxiously waited.
1t is hard to get crowd to step until
the microphone comes into evidence.
The deadline came and still no
radio operators. One of the would
be broadcasters called the studio.
Imagine his amazement when he was
told that the broadcast was on!
1t turned out that the control had
been put up at the wrong location,
and the announcer, all alone, was
desperately trying to fill up the Is
minute period by his own chatter.
Finally the reporters appeared on the
scene and gave final aid by being
interviewed themselves.
WORKOUT.
TWO persons in Washington, at least,
turned first to the sport pages
of their newspapers this morning to
see how Bill Lannigan. Duxbury, Mass,
finished in The Evening Star Mara
thon.
They were two who saw Bill when
he arrived in Washington late Friday
night. too. Bills travelling gear con-
sisted of r~ir of tennis sneakers,
no socks, an odd coat and trouser
hook-up and his method of travel ap-
was any conveyance that
to be Immediately at hand.
Bill was fatigued, so obviously ia
tigued that the two Westinghouse
walked up to man with whom he
had been talking and asked about him.
who the heck Is that guy and how
did he get so tired?" they asked.
That" said the man who knew,
lis Bill Lannigan, marathoner, and
he probably Just finished his final
hard workout"