Word: diego
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Secretary of the Navy Wilbur, whose home is in San Francisco, paid a visit to San Diego. After several days spent in enjoying the shrewd and expansive hospitality of his San Diego friends, he announced that the huge Navy blimps, Shenandoah and Los Angeles, would move their base from Lakehurst, N. J., to San Diego...
Hitherto, no seaplane has flown for more than 15 hours at a time. Yet, this summer, U. S. navy fliers propose to go from San Diego to Honolulu, something over 2,000 miles-at least 20 hours-in a single hop. And Frenchmen propose to capture the Raymond Orteig prize of $25,000 for a continuous Paris-New York flight...
...Recently, reports from San Diego, whether originating in the fertile brain of the press, or having some basis in fact, related how the great warships of the U. S., plowing the Pacific, encountered a school of whales, and, eager to find targets for their gunnery, released from their guns the steely messengers of death. The aim was true. Fragments of cetaceous blubber bounded high in the air. The school had learned its lesson. And The Christian Science Monitor commented: "War preparedness is bad enough in itself without adding thereto such barbarous activities...
Following the moonlit battle, the combined fleets- the U. S. Fleet- steamed northward from Magdelena Bay and came to anchor at San Diego and Coronado Roads- 114 craft, including the airplane carrier Langley and the supply ships. Fourteen gorgeous admirals took part in the quarterdeck receptions...
John B. Drake Jr., son of John B. Drake, Chicago hotel man (Blackstone, Drake) ; in Chicago. Married. William Harrison ("Jack") Dempsey, 29, champion pugilist, to Mrs. Ida Estelle Peacock (Estelle Taylor), cinema actress ; in San Diego. In procuring the license, Mr. Dempsey gave his occupation as "business man," Miss Taylor her age as 26 (probable age, 32). Died. Julius Fleischmann, 53, famed philanthropist, sportsman; in Miami, Fla. He dropped dead of heart disease while engaged in a game of polo. Son of Charles Fleischmann, founder of the famed Fleischmann Yeast Co., Mr. Fleischmann was elected Mayor of Cincinnati when...