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...loss of his ship and at being out of the glorious adventure so near the goal, burst into uncontrollable tears. With difficulty his comrades quieted him, cheered !him further with the news that by express command of the Chief of Air Service himself, a new Douglas World Cruiser was on its way to Pictou, Nova Scotia. Here Wade will rejoin the flight and sail triumphantly home with his comrades...
...successful, the cruiser, when floated, will be relieved of its heavy upper parts and used as a pontoon for raising other ships...
...final dash across the Atlantic by way of the Orkney Islands, Iceland and Greenland, to Labrador. By Monday all preparations were complete, and the fliers waited only for the chain of U. S. naval vessels, commanded by Admiral Thomas P. Magruder, to take up their positions. The cruiser Milwaukee reached Nova Scotia to make maps of the region over which they will pass; the Danish steamer Gertrude Rask smashed through the ice to Greenland to carry supplies for them...
...Frederick Field, K.C.B., Admiral in command of the squadron that paid a three-day visit to San Francisco during the past week, telegraphed from his flagship, H. M. S. Hood, greatest battle cruiser afloat, that all the ships under his command would have their liquor stores sealed during the visit, as an act of courtesy to the American people...
...believed in Washington that if the Dawes report is soon accepted in Europe and if the bill for the eight new cruisers is passed, the President would call a new arms limitation conference to set limits on lighter vessels and air craft. The present treaties restrict only craft of more than 10,000 tons. With eight new 10,000-ton cruisers authorized, we could go to such a conference prepared to bargain by giving up something. Otherwise, we should go to such a conference asking other nations to limit their cruiser strength, but with no similar sacrifice to offer...