Word: cannoneer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Down to Washington's Navy Yard went the President to greet returning Antarctic Explorer Richard Evelyn Byrd. Cannon boomed a 13-gun salute to Admiral Byrd, a big-gun salute to Secretary Swanson, two 21-gun salutes to President Roosevelt-a prodigal display which left Grandchildren ''Sistie" and ''Buzzie'' Dall quailing...
...Virginia's Eastern Shore dwell several hundred furtive, treacherous, half-wild natives who make a business of ducklegging. Their traps are funnel-mouthed wire contrivances baited with corn, catching up to 40 duck at one haul. Wardens have lately captured three 8-ft., home-made cannon which fire 2 Ib. of shot, kill up to 300 duck at a blast. Trappers ship out between 200.000 and 400.000 duck per year under label of seafood, are said to operate through a syndicate which smuggles the duck into city markets where they are presumably bought by individuals and clubs...
...having lost both the Democratic renomination and a large inherited fortune, ex-Governor Comstock went into bankruptcy. Among liabilities of over $1,000,000 were $150,000 in assessments on stocks of reopened banks. Assets: $6.376.66. In search of "some good Milwaukee beer." Wisconsin's Representative Raymond J. Cannon and a U. S. marshal named McKenna bargained with a Washington taxi driver to take them to suburban Maryland Club Gardens and back for $2.50. Thirsty Representative Cannon & friend strode into the club at 10 p. m., found their way out at 1 :45 a. m. On the way back...
Whistles shrilled, bands blared, crowds cheered, flags waved, aircraft soared, cannon boomed, lightning flashed from the heavens across the Potomac. The sun, which had been playing hide-&-seek all day, suddenly shone forth brilliantly. Down the gangplank of the barkentine icebreaker Bear of Oakland, leading his men in impressive single file, marched Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, retired, resplendent in white uniform, to revisit the U. S. for the first time in nearly two years...
...this way," a droll Sylt salt observed. "We've got a bird sanctuary all right and the birds are laying fine. Some of them lay long-range cannon behind the sand dunes. Others have only laid gun emplacements. One old hen, I noticed, laid a small gunpowder factory...