Word: capes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...North Carolina coast, about 20 miles from Cape Hatteras, the old warships Virginia and New Jersey were sent to the bottom in target practice by Army aviators. The object of the practice was to determine the comparative effectiveness of various bombs from various altitudes (TIME, Aug. 13). Inasmuch as the battleships were obsolete, unable to defend themselves, and had their water-tight compartments dismantled, they were easy game for the aviators. Yet the tests seemed to show the importance of command of the air, and the accuracy and comparative effectiveness of varying methods of bombing...
...scene: 50 fathoms of water, 22 miles off Cape Hatteras...
...plot: The two victims will be towed from Boston in the latter part of August. They will be anchored off Cape Hatteras at the killers' mercy. (There are not sufficient funds for operating them under wireless control.) From a temporary airdrome on Hatteras, conveniently close to the scene of action, the twelve killers will go out to attack their victims. One will be sunk with 1,100-pound bombs, the other with 2,000-pound bombs. The mysterious weapon, the new 4,000-pound bomb will not-contrary to first reports-be used at this time. The attackers will...
...Blue Sea, Silver Wave, Belinda and Iskum, American trading schooners, were detained by Soviet officials at East Cape, Siberia. It was stated that the British Hudson Bay Company had obtained exclusive rights to trade on the north Siberian coast, and thus the American ships were violating the trade laws of the Soviet Government of Siberia...
Where Creeds Unite. The Jewish religion has had an influence out of all proportion to its numbers. It is still a vital factor in the life of the world and of the United States. Last week the Central Conference of Jewish Rabbis held its annual conference (Cape May, N. J.). Prof. Cronbach, of the Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, gave an address in which he compared the sociological claims of 42 different creeds, and declared that he found in all of them the same underlying principles of social justice, especially in connection with protecting women and children in industry, providing mothers...