Word: newfoundlanders
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Meantime, sea-loving Franklin Roosevelt journeyed the farthest north that he had been while President. Dogged by fogs which delayed the comings & goings of his mail planes, he cruised on the Tuscaloosa to Halifax and Sydney, N. S., thence to Bay of Islands and Bonne Bay, Newfoundland. Not since he and his cousin Gracie Hall Roosevelt went there in 1908 had he fished for salmon in the gorge of Newfoundland's Humber River. Water and weather were perfect but Fisherman Roosevelt landed no salmon after trying all day. Brigadier General Edwin M. ("Pa") Watson got the party...
Thirty-six hours from starting point (twelve hours slower than the Clippers) the Caribou, after lighting to deliver part of her 1,000-lb. mail load in Botwood, Newfoundland and Montreal, glided into Port Washington, L. I. If her speed and payload had lagged behind the Clippers', Britain could console herself that no nation could dispute her No. 2 rank in the North Atlantic. Air France, which also has a treaty right to land transatlantic mail and passengers in the U. S., is still in the survey stage. When Imperial shakes down, the Caribou and her sistership Cabot will...
...Newfoundland, writing bread-&-butter letters to their U. S. hosts. King George, of course, addressed President Franklin in person...
...high railing until something was brought for her to stand on. On Chebucto Head a great smelly bonfire of wood, oil and old tires, visible for 80 miles, was built to cheer them on their way. But for a brief stop at St. John's, capital of Newfoundland, Britain's oldest colony, a week of unbroken rest was ahead. Besides the King and Queen, the roomy old ship carried only 58 passengers-all members of the Royal party. At St. John's the King and Queen had an unscheduled thrill when they visited each of the accompanying...
...Britain (in a fine new coat of white) when the Canadian destroyers Skeena and Saguenay escort her out of Halifax late this week. Meantime, Canada's King had three more of his provinces to inspect-New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia-and Britain's oldest colony: Newfoundland...