Word: channelled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...temporary expedient, but it certainly can never be a love match. Even if John Bull does not offer much, democratic Marianne should realize that for the rest of her life her head belongs on the same pillows as that of her present unromantic suitor from across the channel...
...were placed by Benito Mussolini in a "state of siege" and preparations were rushed full blast to use it as an Italian submarine and bombing plane base. Boasted proud Pantellerians prematurely: "Our island, because it lies in the middle of the narrowest part of the Mediterranean, commands the channel and divides the British forces...
Meeting in agitation last week, Britain's Cabinet considered their position in view of the fact that Continental air forces have long been deemed able to bomb Britain's Home Fleet handily at its present bases in the North Sea and the English Channel. Admiralty experts advised His Majesty's Government to remove the Home Fleet to the extreme southern tip of Wales where Milford Haven affords the refuge of a strongly fortified harbor extending some ten miles inland. Forehanded as usual, the Admiralty announced that it has already bought lands at Milford Haven and is ready to launch...
...Prime Minister returned across the Channel to bathe in and imbibe the waters of Aix. It was announced that His Majesty's Government, which has been aiding Italy by refusing to sell arms either to Italy, which has plenty, or to Ethiopia, which is short, would probably not lift this embargo at least until after the League Council meets on Sept. 4. After all the dominion representatives in London had been discreetly contacted, Premier Forbes of New Zealand excitedly declared, 11,682 miles away in Wellington: "If Great Britain is involved in war New Zealand will be also...
...springboard diving championship. Powerful Lenore Right of Homestead, Pa., fastest woman swimmer in the U. S.. broke two world records (mile and 880-yd. freestyle). Georgia Coleman, Olympic springboard diving champion in 1932, was on the sidelines, judging, as was the girl who swam across the English Channel in 1926, Gertrude Ederle. To take the place...