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Tangier. Another signal triumph for Benito Mussolini was the success of his emissaries, last summer, in negotiations with representatives of Spain, France and Great Britain respecting control of the internationalized port of Tangier, just across the strait from Gibraltar. Without entering into details it may fairly be said that Il Duce obtained all that he sought and secured potent Italian participation in the policing and control of Tangier...
...appointment to the "Gibraltar of the Hudson" may be obtained in a variety of ways. A certain number annually go to enlisted men in the Regular United States Army and the National Guard, others are apportioned to honor graduates of approved military schools, and still other vacancies are filled through the appointments made by the senators and representatives of the various states and districts. Three candidates are nominated for each vacancy, one principal and two alternates, the alternates being called upon if the first-named fails to meet the other requirements...
Mercedes Gleitz, London stenographer who said she swam the Strait of Gibraltar and the English Channel, tried to swim from Ireland to Scotland, 21%½ miles across the North Channel from Donaghadee to Port Patrick, but couldn't make...
...Amid cries of "Hear! Hear!" from members of all parties, First Lord of the Admiralty William Clive Bridgeman announced that the Admiralty Board has, in effect, reversed the moral implication of the sentences of "Guilty" recently passed at Gibraltar upon two officers of the Royal Navy who had complained against the shameful conduct and awful oaths of their superior, Rear Admiral Bernard St. Collard (TIME, March...
...swam the Strait of Gibraltar," said Miss Mercedes Gleitz, London stenographer. She added that it took her twelve hours and three-quarters to get across. "What proof have you got, Miss Gleitz?" The swimmer showed a deposition signed by 60 Moroccans who said they saw her land or start or who went with her in little boats. Miss Gleitz said she knew one Englishman had seen her do it. He was a young boy. She described him, but he couldn't be found. Last year Miss Gleitz said she had swum the English Channel but refused...