Word: boated
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Harry Micajah Daugherty, President Harding's Attorney-General, the man who, as boss of the Ohio Gang, was second only to Albert Bacon Fall in bringing disrepute to the Harding Administration, stepped off a boat from Europe last week. Interviewed by newsgatherers, he said: "I've done my share for the Republican Party. I'm through with politics and won't take part in this campaign...
...happens to be a member of a submarine crew. When Jack learns that there has been an affair he is angry with his friend. The submarine in which Mason is cruising is sunk. Dorgan is the best diver in the service, but he refuses to try to reach the boat. Not until he discovers that his wife, not his friend, was the seducer, does he go into the water...
...Eskimo saw a smoke signal across the fjord near Mount Evans, Greenland. Two men went out in a motor boat to investigate. With a flashlight they signaled back: "Hassell safe." Two minutes later the New York Times received the news by wireless. It was one of the fastest handled and most complete scoops in the history of journalism...
...headline was made possible by R. B. Gentles, grain broker, as he started on the first westbound trip of the Transcontinental Air Transport, Inc. Others who traveled on the first eastbound T. A. T. express were a businesswoman who wanted to catch a boat to France, a physician who was in a hurry to see his sick daughter, the Mayor of Fargo, N. Dak., several railroad executives...
...Castle Island, Panama, Lighthouse-keeper Hanna navigated a small boat flying the British ensign upside-down (sign of distress). Attacked by tooth and stomach aches, he had deserted his beacon, after swallowing all the medicine therein. The steamer Lilian Luckenbach sighted him, gave him ten pounds of assorted drugs. Thus medicated, Hanna resumed his post...