Word: around-the-world
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Dates: during 1923-1923
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Instead, it was unexpectedly announced that the Dollar Line had purchased seven " 502's " and would start a regular around-the-world passenger service. The " 502's " are 502-ft. steamers, with a gross register of 10,533 tons, with a speed of about 14 knots, oil burners and all " President" ships. They are the Presidents Polk, Adams, Van Buren, Monroe, Garfield, Hayes, Harrison. The five first are now plying between New York and London, a money-losing route, and will be supplanted by freight vessels as soon as the Summer tourist season is past. The two last...
...pioneer is pursued so closely by commerce, even in the air, that his type seems in danger of extinction. But there is much yet to do. Around-the-world trips are already planned, the speed of flight will be increased, and most important, the machines in time will be operated automatically by power waves sent from operating stations all over the country. The legions of pioneers need not yet go into barracks, nor need they reach out to Mars to find routes still uncharted...