Word: capes
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Great Sound, 700 miles southeast of New York, 580 miles east of Cape Hatteras, five miles wide, almost landlocked, warm, blue and beautiful, was a naval base long before it became a U. S. tourist haven. Last week Bermudians were pleased at the U. S. negotiations but memorialized their disturbance "lest some new conception of American hemispheric defense may affect the status of this ancient colony. . . . We reaffirm our unswerving loyalty to His Majesty the King. . . . We pledge our support to any agreement reached, but pray that such agreement may take heed of our deep-rooted and fervent attachment...
Died. Sir Abe Bailey, 75, hearty South African financier, sportsman, politician; in Cape Town. Lured to the Transvaal by gold, this "world's greatest gambler" speculated his way in & out of many a fortune, helped to bring about the union of South Africa. He was decorated for his part in the Boer War, was knighted in 1911. In 1937 Cape Town, believing Sir Abe dead after his leg had been amputated, dropped its flags to half-mast. Next year the doughty oldster lost his other leg, forestalled half-mastery by issuing a bulletin announcing that he was doing fine...
...base at Petropavlovsk, farther south, might still be regarded as defenses against Japan. And Pravda's recent sound-off against Alexander II's sale of Alaska for a "few paltry millions" might be so much wind & fury. But the Soviets have a flying base at East Cape on the North Siberian mainland, are building a new station on Big Diomede and both are guns that point at Alaska...
...only one line of the script. He underestimated both the play and his part in its conception. Elmer spoke Ring Lardners language, proved as durable as his Alibi Ike. Last week, with a few of its gags refurbished, Elmer the Great was in the groove again at the Cape Playhouse at Dennis, Mass...
...born 48 years ago when a burly Scot named John Blue laid the rails to get his lumber, turpentine and rosin to town. Today it originates 35% of its freight traffic, gets the rest through strategic connections with the Seaboard, Atlantic Coast Line, Norfolk Southern and Cape Fear roads. Some 20% of its freight revenue comes from petroleum; the rest is fertilizer, coal, farm produce, and material for Fort Bragg (20% of non-originated freight). All this, plus $6,000 worth of mail and a $5,000 passenger traffic, gave A. & R. a $150,000 gross, $12,000 net last...