Word: air
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...RESOLVED further, That the new admiral be instructed upon the appearance of the Pope on the water, in the air, under the sea or in fancy within twelve miles of the Statute of Liberty to fire unceasingly for a period of twelve hours with 16-inch shells loaded with the most deadly verbosity at the command of the new admiral...
...Cathay? an incident occurred which gave rise to the "joke" in the London club. A British plane made a forced landing on Chinese territory?on a golf course just outside Shanghai, and a Royal Air Force detachment was sent to salvage the machine. Chinese authorities protested, kept the wings...
President Robert E. M. Cowie of the American Railway Express Co. last week announced the fulfillment of the promise that he made two years ago when the Federal air mail service was organized?that his company would accept the services of the first reliable company equipped to handle express by air. On Sept. 1, the American Railway Express Co. will start shipping packages on a 32� -hour air express schedule between Manhattan and San Francisco. Intermediate stops for delivery and receipt of goods have been set for Cleveland, Chicago, Iowa City, Des Moines, Omaha, North Platte (Neb.), Cheyenne, Salt Lake...
...beat, gave chase. "Stop!" he bellowed, lumbering after his prey. Scared, the little man he was chasing ducked into a bystreet. "They must be after somebody," he thought. "I don't want to get hit if they start shooting." Patrolman Burns, scenting adventure, shot twice into the air to make an effect...
...proposed, transatlantic services. The Mackay radio system across the Pacific would be in competition with the Radio Corp.'s present service as far west as Japan, but, said rumor, it would not be operated essentially as a radio competitor but as a cable adjunct, a swift air channel for excess traffic which the cable cannot at present handle without delay, and as a cable auxiliary in case of submarine breakdowns...