Word: horizons
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Mackenzie King; National Defense Minister Col. J. L. Ralston; Postmaster General Hon. Peter J. Veniot. Sirens shrieked and the big liner moved away on its voyage across the Atlantic. Handkerchiefs waved, silk hats were lifted, last messages shouted. And gradually the great ship became like a rowboat on the horizon and eventually was seen no more...
...blister the skin of persons keeping more than 1,000 feet distant. Engineers predicted that on clear nights the Monticello beam, if aimed vertically, would be visible to the naked eye 600 miles away. U. S. astronomers were advised not to suppose that the in creased luminosity of their horizon heralded the arrival of a new star or comet...
...ship more homelike. Waldemar Karl Badke, towheaded German, "donkeyman,"* got on especially well with her. Every one aboard, including Mr. Battice, knew that they were great friends. Mrs. Battice even drew the fact to her husband's attention, one day when Africa was still many dawns beyond the hot horizon. Mr. Battice strolled on deck to ask a shipmate for the loan of a razor...
...fathers of San Francisco were busy last week, or their wives were, polishing top hats and brushing out morning coats. Engineers cleaned factory sirens and the police force rubbed its buttons honor bright. The S. S. Maui, with Heroes Maitland and Hegenberger aboard, was churning up under the western horizon from Honolulu. The Golden Gate was flung open wide to let the heroes...
...years ago. Adventurous at 12, he took a trip around the world, during which he was forced to eat carrots and monkeys while quarantined in the Philippines. He entered the Navy via Annapolis. His services to aviation include the invention of the bubble sextant (giving flyers an artificial horizon), the perfection of the sun compass and the drift indicator. He was flight leader of the MacMillan expedition to Greenland in 1923. Everyone knows the story of his flawless flight from King's Bay, Spitzbergen, to the North Pole and back in 16 hours on May 9, 1926. Last week...