Word: canalizes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...most venerable boa constrictor on the jungle shores of Gatun Lake had seen such a sight as took place on that cobalt body of water last week. For 48 hr. a file of warships in pairs, by the dozen, by the score streamed steadily westward through the Panama Canal...
...Fleet had just ended its two-year vigil in the Pacific by a cruise down the West Coast and a mimic attack on Panama Bay. Thousands of officers and men were on shore leave, pending a leisurely fortnight's "fleet march" through the Canal, when Admiral David Foote Sellers, Fleet Commander, suddenly decided: "The presence of the Fleet at the Canal . . . presents an excellent opportunity to execute a movement involving rapid transit such as might be necessary in case of emergency...
...leaves were instantly canceled. Admiral Sellers got in touch with the Canal's Governor Julian L. Schley, who called off an officers' ball, mobilized all his facilities for the unprecedented mass movement ahead. Wartime regulations went into effect. No civilian was permitted near the locks and, to add a final authentic touch of war, the Army Intelligence Division spread a spy story...
Year ago the Murray trustees completed plans for the John Murray Expedition. Last August the Mabahiss, 140-ft. trawler lent by the Egyptian Government, nosed out of an Alexandria dock, slipped through the Suez Canal, down the length of the Red Sea, finally emerged into the Indian Ocean. An echo-recording apparatus in the chartroom measured the time required for the sound to bounce back from the sea floor. With echo-sounding gear Expedition Leader R. B. Seymour Sewell and his staff systematically charted the ocean floor. In the Gulf of Aden they found ten ranges of theretofore unknown submarine...
...popularity of Mr. Sharkey's Tavern. When asked what drink seemed to satisfy the taste of his patrons most regularly, he answered, "Well, I guess Ward 8 sells about as much as any other. Whiskey goes pretty well too, and most of the customers that come as far as Canal Street can take it straight. Of course, during the day, most of the boys have to go easy and we find that the usual standby is beer." Contrary to popular belief, the Sharkey Special punch is not named after this famous pugilist, "It was on the books long before...