Word: anchors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Valencia's worst air raid to date. At least 200 people were killed, about 50 buildings destroyed. Uninjured but considerably ruffled, Socialist Thomas cried: "It was diabolical. I shall take a first-hand report of this to President Roosevelt." Lucky was the little British freighter Pinzon, at anchor in Valencia harbor. A bomb dropped full on her bridge but failed to explode...
...Jack Weierhauser) scooted around the track in 1 min., 25 sec.-.8 sec. faster than the mark set by a University of Southern California team in 1927. Runner Weierhauser's tape-breaking for the world's record was not his only major feat of the day. As anchor man in the mile relay, the last event of the day, he outran University of California's Olympic Champion Archie Williams to give Stanford the ten points it needed for top score in the meet, 64 to U. S. C.'s 54½, California...
...anchor log of Northrop in the two mile relay that enabled the Harvard team to go by Tufts to a second place in that event as Holy Cross walked away with first place...
Narrowest escape from disaster was at anchor off the Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, seawall when the Joseph Conrad was driven aground by a squall on New Year's Eve, smashed against a pier as the salvage tugs were moving her off. A $10,000 repair bill came near grounding the expedition then & there. "Ports," warns Author Villiers, "are bad places for ships and men." Luck was with them in the only other mishap of the voyage when they grounded on a coral reef in the South Seas...
...company, acting in conjunction with the Anchor Line, has an excellent range of first-class seating accommodation, ranging originally from $17.50 up to $105, of which, however, only seats from $46 upwards now remain. Whilst these seats are primarily designed to meet the needs of passengers traveling to Glasgow in the Anchor Line vessels, a certain surplus is available for the public...