Word: hood
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...compared with the leading post-Jutland ships of other nations, the Mutzu (and her sister ship, the Nageto) of Japan and the British battle cruiser Hood, the Colorado (and her sister ships) are slightly inferior...
Length: Colorado, 624 ft.; Mutzu, 700 ft.; Hood...
Beam: Colorado, 97 ft.; Mutzu, 95 ft.; Hood...
Died. Edwin M. Hood, 65, correspondent of the Washington staff of The Associated Press, in Washington, suddenly. He suggested to Secretary of State Hay the phrase, " Perdicaris alive or Raisuli dead," which resulted in the delivery of the kidnaped American in Morocco. During President McKinley's administration Mr. Hood declined an appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Navy. He served The Associated Press for nearly 50 years...
...Bureau of Mines, under 0. P. Hood, Chief Mechanical Engineer, is working on a process to produce lignite char, a fuel similar to anthracite, but softer. In Germany this material is widely used for heating and cooking, but the competition of high-grade coals has kept it back in America. With the gradually increasing scarcity of good anthracite and bituminous, lignite will become a valuable substitute...