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ALLEGATIONS that they had been given wrong bearings Special for Christmas
by the radio direction finding station at Darwin on their flight from Australia to Singapore were made by the crew of the Monospar Croydon when they landed at Durban recently from the steamer Nimoda.
The Nimoda rescued the crew of the Monospar after the plane had made a forced landing on Seringapatam reef, several hundred miles off its course.
HOW 'PLANE CAME DOWN ON REEF.
compensate for the supposed error.
"The Darwin stallon was de- finitely wrong" the designer of the plane, Mr. F. F. Crocombe told interviewers.
A call to Darwin 20 minutes later brought a reply that the Monospar was still travelling 14 degrees too far northwards. Accordingly the course was bltered fve degrees Bouthward.
If the Monospar had not pos- sessed wireless and picked up mis-
The Monospar operator, after half- tending directions she would prob-an-hour-called-Darwin, who-reported ably have reached Timer and Sin- that the machine was flying 2 dek. gapore safely, and would have been too for to the north.. in England within a few days. instead of being wrecked at a lose of £14,000.
Mr. Crocombe exhibited the plane's log, consisting of times and reproductions of the actual signals received and sent out.
FELT UNEASY
Pilot Wood began to feel uneasy. Ile felt instinctively that he was nying too far to the south.
The bearing then showed that the machine was travelling still 1 deg. too far to the north.
Wood enrrected his course I deg. in the south and flew on in the dark, hoping to make Thor.
The of
According to the log. the Monospar left Port Darwin at 4.47 n.m. Octo- ber 7 in an attempt to reach London from Melbourne in five days flying a compasa course slightly south north-east.
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The compass on the outward Journey hnd shown the usual climatic variation, and its precise error at Darwin was not known,
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SIGHTED A REEF
It was now growing lighter, The Accordingly, the operator immedi- nirmen, at 8 am, sighted a reef on which They subsequently landed, ately called up the Darwin direction- finding station. Darwin, after a de-thinking that it was the tail-end of lay of 25 minutes, gave a bearing some peninsula.
ing that Indienting
the Monospar was travelling one degree north of its
correct course.
The pilot accordingly altered this course two degrees southward
Gable and
Carole to Marry?
HOLLYWOOD is eagerly
awaiting the outcome of the newest off-screen friend- ship that of Clark Gable and Carole Lombard.
Clark was divorced from his second wife, Rhea Langham Gable, early this year. Carole was vorced from Willian Powell:
Clark and Carole are being seen together at the smart spots of the film elty.
to
They used it as a base and flew a northerly and westerly course in an attempt to sight Timor, but their quest was futile.
An SOS went unanswered and eventually the fliers were forced to return before their petrol was ex- hausted.
With only suficient fuel for half an hour's flight they mode a perfest three point landing on the brittle coral reef within six inches, of deep water.
MALAY FISHING VESSEL
belong-
After fruitlessly attempting to enll up Darwin, Koepang or Sourabaya with an improvised neriat suspended from two gars they attracted the at- tention of a Malay fishing vessel.
They waded half a mile to the vessel, pushing their containing all their
personal buat, ings through deep pools.
Avolding the gaping laws of giarit clams and vigorously splashing to score sea snakes and small sharks. they reached the vessel. It took Ove hours to convince the fishermen that they were not making a friendly call but wanted to be taken aboard.
They spent 54 hours on the small vessel, which was reeking with de- cayed fish and beche de mer, until they were picked up by the Nimoda. Mr. Crocombe continued his
fand by airs
The first hint of a romantle friend-journey from South Africa to Eng- ship arose during the making of the Blm "My Man Godfrey." In this picture Carole Lombard had the ironie experience of playing a romantle role opposite her ex-husband.
Every evening when work was done Clark Gable would call at the studio and drive off with Carole Lombard. Since then they have been seen together at many parties and premieres.
Not long ago they appeared to-
own in the fim "No Man of Her
The screen colony is now asking.. Can Carole Lombard hold. Clark Gable? Will they marry
Clark and Carole admit they are "perfect friends,” but refuse to dia- elose where the frienship may lead.
MERLE'S
CONTRACT Puts Ban On Marriage
New York, Nov. 21. Merle Oberon to-day signed away
The Australian Government holding an official inquiry.
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Vienna, Nov. 30.
If you want to judge a peraone'a
character, look at his teeth.
Civilisation has taught us to wear masks to disguise our real nature, and the more a person is
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civilised, the more impenetrable Evening and Day Wear
is his mask, necording to
tho Austrian characterologist Peritus.
her chances of marriage to British We can, however, not change our film actor David Niven by putting teeth which, he says, are a most her name to a five-year contract with valuable element to judge a person. Samuel Goldwyn and Alexander Watch, therefore, the teeth
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A clause forbidding her to wed your interlocators, when they talk without their permission is includedor. smile,
once.
in the contract, which takes effect, al A real he-man has four almost equal incisive upper teeth, and his chin is usually square, while in the real-woman the two middle teeth are much larger than the two others, and her chin is more or less pointed, saya Peritus.
According to Mr. Goldwyn, the con- tract Bus a bonus provision that will place Miss Oberon in the ranks of the highest paid film stars,
Bette Davis Case Cost Her £7,000
If you find a á man - with large middle cutters, you can be sure that he has female characteristics, and, therefore, will, for instance, casily respond to flattery..
On the other hand, love's labour will probably be lost when you try to fintter n woman with even upper incisives.
Motherly instincts are indicated in
a man with female cutters, and, doubtless, a womon with even upper teeth
will try to boss her surround-
Miss Bette Davis, the dim star, who is staying at Rettingdean, has decided that she will not appeal against the court decision which restrains her from acting for anybody but Warner Brothers.
"The case," she said, "cost me ing 15,000 dollars (£7,000), which is This dental knowledge should ccarly half my year's salary,
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of help to you in private life "7 had been looking forward to as well as in business.- acting in this country.
"There is nothing left for me to do now, but to pack my bags and get home."
Last not least, use the mirror to find out about your own, short- comings, because self-knowledge. is the first step toward Improvement.
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