Word: capt
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Capt. A. T. Morris of the American steamer Maracaibo, leaned over the ship's rail smoking an evening pipe, gazing at the placid harbor of Willemstad, Curaçao. A thin sliver of moon hung over the tanks of the Royal Dutch oil refinery on shore, shone on the yellow plaster façade of the Governor's Palace...
...married Spinster Anne Spencer Morrow, 21, a 38-ft. Elco cruiser chugged alongside a small dock in New Harbor, Block Island (R. I). A tall young man, tastefully disguised in smoked glasses and a cap, standing alone at the wheel, shouted for aid in bringing his boat alongside. Capt. Louis Rounds, relaxing nearby, gave him a hand. The tastefully disguised young man was the Honeymooning Hero. His bride hid in the cabin below. Capt. Rounds told the story two days later and newsgatherers sped east...
...Capt. William Wedgwood Benn Secretary of State for India...
Many pencils poised questioningly over the name of Hon. Sir John William Fortescue, librarian at Windsor Castle from 1905 to 1926, author of a life of Wellington, editor of the correspondence of George III. The pencils poised also over the name of Sir John's brother, Capt. Hon. Sir Seymour Fortescue, equerry-in-waiting to King George since 1893, author of a book of memoirs, Looking Back...
Last week a report leaked out regarding a monumental project: A non-stop around-the-world flight to be accomplished by refueling in the air. The flight is planned to start from New York next September. Capt. Henry W. Lyon Jr. (navigator of the Southern Cross) as navigator, Reserve Lieut. Albert D. Hulse as engineer, with others as yet unnamed, are to be the crew. A plane powered with five 420-h. p. Pratt & Whitney motors, with a cruising speed of 120 m. p. h. is to be the vehicle. Twenty-two refueling stations, including ten for emergency only...