Word: insignia
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...comforts of its latest troopship, H. M. S. Dilwara. Intended for ferrying men to India and Egypt, it is completely air-conditioned, contains a cinema and game room and as a special attraction a gaudy nursery for the children of married soldiers. All the hobby horses carry the blanket insignia of famed Indian cavalry regiments...
...Somaliland front at Wadara the reconnaissance has found and taken the entire Swedish field hospital encampment . . . mounted on five trucks with Red Cross flags and insignia. The cars also contained 27 cases of munitions...
...long in sending out an SOS, failed to tend to the passengers until too late, handled his ship incompetently. 7) Engineer Abbott did not know his job, never went to his post during the crisis but fled in the first lifeboat, where he plucked off his officer's insignia, murmured: "I'll be jailed for this...
...Midshipman Barr and helpful Norwegians responded by deluging the U. S. Consulate at Oslo with telegrams, notes and post cards conjecturing where he might be. Ultimately Picnicker Barr was arrested by Swedish frontier guards as he tried to leave Norway on foot. He had torn the buttons and identifying insignia off his uniform. "I am unable to produce my passport," said Midshipman Barr to the puzzled Swedes. "I have lived in the woods for nearly a week, eating berries." Since in such matters one State is always glad to oblige another, Scandinavian authorities kept the berry-eater from reporters, rushed...
...hundred and fourteen athletes and managers, comprising members of 14 spring sport teams have been awarded insignia by the Committee on the Regulation of Athletic Sports. Awards to the Varsity baseball team and Varsity, Junior Varsity, and combination crews are not included as their seasons are not yet over...