Mary Virginia Bell (1907-1990)

Mary V. Bell (1908-?) who wrote under the name Mary Bell Dann

New Yorker
Splash by Mary Bell Dann, and C. Off, and Harold Ross. Pilot of amphibian plane coming to N.Y. at night found himself in thick fog. According to instructions landed at outlying city and suggested passengers continue by rail. All did except one man in a hurry. Pilot vent on and let him stay. Fog got worse,but passenger deep in magazine. Read until plane came down and stopped. To pilots horror took suitcase, opened door and jumped out. In view of weather pilot had brought plane down on water instead of field. They fished him out, dried him off and he hurried to town.