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...four enlisted men-Richard D. Bailey, 19, Jacksonville, Fla.; Michael A. Lindner, 19, Mount Pocono, Pa.; Craig W. Anderson, 20, San Jose, Calif.; and John Barilla, 20, Catonsville, Md.-were slipped out of Japan aboard the Soviet liner Baikal Nov. 11, two days before their desertion was trumpeted in a 16-mm. filmed interview...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The War: Caviar & Encomiums | 12/1/1967 | See Source »

...orchilla, a species of lichen is very valuable and from it the natives produce a rich purple dye. This plant may have been one of the sources of supply of purple dye obtained by the Greeks. A second uncommon plant which we came across was the barilla, the leaves of which glisten as though make of ice. From it the gatherers obtain soda. Specimens of a large, black, spider, is lycosa ingens were found. This spider is smaller than the Cuban tarantula and notable for its coal blackness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: NOTED EXPLORER TELLS OF VOYAGE TO AZORES | 11/23/1923 | See Source »

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