Word: handed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...before a board of investigation, threatened to revoke their seamen's certificates. The C.I.O. National Maritime Union's hulking President Joe Curran had previously ended a similar flareup on two other ships by agreeing to negotiate, making the settlements retroactive. He first said his union had no hand in last week's strikes, later declared: "Our offer to furnish crews without wages for ships carrying refugees free still stands. . . . But common humanity compels us to make some effort to provide for our families before embarking on a voyage through submarine and mine-infested waters...
Early one morning last week, 115 days after the submarine Squahis sank off the New Hampshire coast, salvage boats tugged her to drydock at Portsmouth Navy Yard. On hand to watch the grim job of opening her hatch were her skipper, Lieut. Oliver Naquin, and 27 of 32 fellow survivors...
...First-line" planes would be only a small proportion of the total on hand in wartime. The rest would be in reserve, to replace losses...
...this perplexing situation, Russia formally denounced its non-aggression treaty with the missing government, worried because Poland had become "a fertile field for any accidental and unexpected contingency which may create a menace to the Soviet Union," found its sacred duty to "extend the hand of assistance to its brother Ukrainians and brother Byelo-Russians inhabiting Poland...
...During heavy fighting north of Sarreguemines, German fighting planes flew out in force for the first reported time, to strafe advancing ground troops. Allied pursuits whipped out to meet them, claimed the upper-hand at dogfighting...