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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...necessary to make the cotton fibres cling properly together as they were spun into thread. All England is damp, but the atrocious weather typical of Lancashire, is positively ideal?for cotton spinning. Nurtured on this gift of Providence the mills of Lancashire have grown until they now number close to 2,000?for the most part, small, ugly mills employing a few hundred craftsfolk in each...
...governing shell fire. We maneuvered N. N. E. and scored repeated hits." The invading fleet, besides wrecking New York, claimed to have "blinded" Fort Hancock by the destruction of its observation and control towers and then, sweeping aside a mine field and under cover of low visibility, come close enough to pound the fort to powder. General Hero, however, saw only success in the defense operations under his command. His coast artillery claimed destruction of two battleships, one cruiser, five destroyers, many a seaplane, and the repulse of a night landing party. General Hero, thick-shouldered, grey-haired, blue-eyed...
...before, were left out of the last Poincare Cabinet, are in a huff, and last week made exorbitant demands as the price of their support. And they militantly demanded exclusion from the new Cabinet of go-getting Andre Tardieu, "the most American-minded Frenchman," who was M. Poincaré's close colleague as Minister of Interior, a post which the Radical-Socialists especially covet. 3) The factions of the Right appeared to be in solid phalanx behind a demand that M. Tardieu should not only be retained but advanced to Finance Minister. 4) The whole Chamber was in an ugly mood...
...Deep in France, shells displace bullets and flying shrapnel forces "us" to dig into the earth. Bang! rat-a-tat! whack! bang! "My" friend crawls under sheet. Showers of sparks on the ground, then Crash!?a dark brown cloud over the front line. There is a curious noise close by. Something moves under the sheet. A jagged hole in it appears. Boo-oom!?pat-pat-pat! The ground shakes. Gas. Shrieks. Four years of this. Escape: death, a wound, a breakdown, intoxication, an occasional stolen feast. In 1918 comes disintegration, lack of coordination between common soldier and superior...
...records much of the power and glory of the British Empire. It is the percentage of world shipbuilding that is being carried on in British and Irish shipyards, thus establishes Great Britain as builder of slightly more than one-half the world's total ship tonnage. At the close of June there were 2,838,225 tons of ships being built throughout the world. Of this tonnage, British and Irish yards were contributing 1,454,906; all other countries...