Word: disasterous
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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One of the strangest experiences that the crew of the Los Angeles ever had was when, last September, as the ship sailed low over Layton, N. J., a man ran out with a shotgun and fired a charge up into the big silvery bag. He accompanied his shot with dancing...
The present conference was called at a time when international affairs were pressing for solution, but when there was no single problem which was foremost. The meetings in 1924 took place at a time when Europe faced with anxiety a future made dark by unbalanced budgets and disordered currencies, when...
The shock of the disaster extended not only throughout the U. S. but to Europe. The Lord Mayor of London telephoned to Mayor John Daniel Marshall of Cleveland to express sympathy. The editors of the London Sketch and Daily News telephoned to Managing Editor Thomas Aaron Robertson of the Cleveland...
At first the origin of the explosions was believed to have been the X-ray room where twelve bodies were found. Later it was placed in the film storage room in the basement. On the morning of the disaster one Buffery Bogg, steamfitter, had been called to repair a leaking...
New England representatives, fondly eyeing their huge candy industry, cried out in protest against the higher sugar duties. It was recalled that in 1924 the U. S. Tariff Commission advised President Coolidge to reduce the sugar duty to $1.23 as ample protection for domestic producers. With an election approaching, the...