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Sentiment for Philippine independence last week manifested itself in Manila in these ways...
...ship while the earth inductor with which the earth's magnetic forces were measured was carried forward as far away from the stern as conditions permitted. It may interest your readers to know that the anchors carried were made of bronze and the anchor cable was very heavy Manila hawser. All stoves in galley as well as cooking utensils were of nonmagnetic material...
...Navy. To hold this empire the navy maintains for its fighting fleets large stations at Guantanamo Bay (leased from Cuba under a treaty), at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, at Cavite near Manila, small ones at St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands, at Guam, Panama, Samoa and Olongapo. Policing the Caribbean is the Special Service Squadron under Rear Admiral Edward Hale Campbell. On its beat along the China coast moves the Asiatic fleet of two cruisers, 19 destroyers, auxiliary vessels, gunboats on the Yangtze River...
...Vanguard of Philippine Independence Mission leaves Manila for Washington...
Besides Big Business, the Archbishop of Manila is charged with looking to the education of his island flock. Principal institution is the Atemeo de Manila, where such political leaders as Manuel Quezon have been educated, where the big, florid, blue-eyed figure of Archbishop O'Doherty is a familiar sight either walking in church-stateliness or riding in one of the Islands' comparatively few luxurious motors...