Word: lexington
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week, the U. S. aircraft carrier Lexington lifted anchor at San Pedro, Calif., bound for Honolulu. It broke the 24-hr, record the first day out, steaming 700 miles. It broke it again on the second day with 742 miles. On the third day it raced 770 miles to port. The Lexington with Capt. A. W. Marshall in command, had made the fastest sea passage ever logged between the U. S. and Hawaii, covering 2,228 nautical miles in 72 hours, 34 minutes; also the world's record for 24-hr, runs...
...Eliot, Me. 170 6.00 22 Bow A. T. Gray '30 New York 170 6.00 20 Cox., R. W. Herr '28 Boston 115 5.05 21 Harvard Freshman Crew Position Name Class Residence Wt. Ht. Age Stroke S. W. Swaim '31 Needham 162 6.00 18 No. 7 A. N. Webster '31 Lexington 173 6.03 18 No. 6 N. E. Parkinson '31 Charles River 173 6.01 20 No. 5 Lawrence Grinell '31 So. Dartmouth 187 6.03 18 No. 4 E. E. Whitman '31 Cedarhurst, L. I. 184 6.00 20 No. 3 Frederick Ayer '31 New York...
...purpose of the delegation, coming from churches in England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, is to reaffirm the principles of individual liberty and democracy which brought the Mayflower to Plymouth in 1620. From Cambridge; the Pilgrims continued to Concord and Lexington where they were the guests of the Congregational churches of both towns...
...Hyde is now an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist in Lexington...
...Near Lexington, Ky., A. G. Bush, veteran railroad engineer, was driving along in his engine, pulling a train. He sneezed suddenly, at which his false teeth fell out of the window...