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...attend an outing of Essex County newspapermen and politicians. A Mr. Bauer, candidate for Mayor of Lynn, was host. Governor Fuller was there. So was Senator Butler, candidate for reelection. It was a get-together meeting of Senator Butler's followers and those of the late Senator Lodge-hitherto hostile. Mr. Coolidge circulated through the crowd shaking hands, and climbed a 40-ft. wooden observation tower, issuing a warning for not too many people to follow him lest it collapse. ¶ On returning to White Court, Mr. Coolidge found Secretary of State Kellogg and Assistant Secretary Grew waiting...
Riff troops, joined suddenly by tribes hitherto friendly to the French, pounded their enemies along a 120-mile front, forcing them to retreat in many places...
...result of two years' experimenting, this wireless telephonic conversation where the two parties could talk to and hear each other simultaneously. Hitherto messages could be spoken only one way at a time, but German engineers have eliminated the interference of sending with receiving antennae. Just a push of a switch and the listener could become the talker. The duplex set operated on a wavelength of 1,800 or 1,450 meters. It was found effective up to 700 miles. Other conversations were held between the Columbus and persons in their offices in Germany; and when the Columbus reached Manhattan...
...Thus far it has not been so much of a feat to keep sterling at its gold par with the dollar. But the real test of Chancellor of the Exchequer Churchill's bold step in resuming gold payments this spring (TIME, May 11, COMMONWEALTH) will come this fall. Hitherto, Britain has not been forcd by her assumption of the full gold standard to export much gold -in fact, if anything, she has imported the yellow metal on balance from other countries...
This time, however, it strikes nearer home. Under AERONAUTICS, appears the following: "Hitherto, no seaplane has flown for more than 15 hours at a time, etc. I, personally happened to have been the Commanding Officer and First Pilot of Navy Seaplane No. 3589 F-S-L type, which left the water at 11 00 a. m. on Apr. 21, 1919, at Hampton Roads Va., and flew continuously until 8:12 a. m. the following dav, having remained in the air 20 hours and 12 minutes, establishing a world's record for seaplanes which I believe has not since been...