Word: harbors
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Hampered by the tide, the Aquitania was so slow in getting out of New York Harbor that 22 belated passengers overtook her (on tugs) and got aboard...
...report from Tokyo states that the Soviet Government has threatened to blow up the Japanese cruiser Nisshin, now in Vladivostok harbor, unless her captain stops transmitting wireless messages to Japanese merchants...
There will be a meeting of the Biological Club this afternoon, which will be open to members of the University, at the Zoological Laboratory, Room 46, at 4.45 o'clock. Mr. H. L. Snyder will talk on "Investigations in Genetics at the Carnegie Institute, Cold Spring Harbor," and Mr. F. B. Manning '16 will speak on "The Sense of Hearing in Rattlesnakes...
...earnest wish to abolish gambling at Monte Carlo. We have the most beautiful harbor in the world and I would like to see people sail out of it without heavy hearts occasioned by losses." Since coming to the throne on the death of my father, I have uncovered an incredible condition of affairs at the Casino. I cannot describe it now, but I solemnly promise my people that they will soon be relieved of the dreadful situation of living on other people's misfortunes. Monte Carlo came near breaking my heart." These are the words of Prince Louis, present...
...expansion of her airways has under consideration a plan for expediting urgent transatlantic mail. Under this scheme urgent letters- on payment of special rates-will be carried in a specially constructed seaplane, capable of a speed of 120 miles an hour, to overtake liners which have left New York harbor for English ports. Guided by wireless, the seaplane will alight near a liner and be hoisted aboard. The wings are to be of the folding type, which reduces considerably the space required for storing. When the ship is still hundreds of miles from the English coast the plane will...