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...Asiatic fleet, none larger than a cruiser, are commanded by Admiral C. S. Williams from his flagship, the armored cruiser Pittsburgh, at Shanghai. The destroyers Peary, Edsall and McCormick with the gunboats Sacramento and Asheville were also at Shanghai last week. At Hankow were the Isabel, Palos, Pigeon, Villalobos, Pope and Truxtun, under the immediate command of Rear Admiral Henri Hughes Hough. One warship each was standing by at Ichang, Chungking, Kiukiang, Nanking, Foochow, Canton, Wuhu, Bias Bay and Chinkiang. Ten destroyers and twelve submarines were ready at Manila, whence the destroyer Stewart sailed last week with extra arms...
...Yangtze. The 40 foreign warships patroling the Yangtze River last week were subjected to incessant and haphazard fire from the embattled Chinese soldiery. The U. S. gunboat Pigeon was hit by some hundreds of Chinese rifle and machine gun bullets and the three U. S. sailors were slightly wounded. The French gunboat Baliny was likewise fired upon, as were numerous British destroyers and merchant craft, but no casualties were reported...
Prideful as a pouter pigeon, Gabriele d' Annunzio, spoiled heroic darling of all Italy, announced last week that "cherry elixir," a liqueur invented and concocted by himself, has been pronounced "most excellent" by the Sanctissimus Pater, Pius XI (Achille Ratti...
...steeple-dwelling pigeon...
Seventeen planes, from a giant Fokker with three motors, upholstered pullman chairs and a baggage room, to Carrier Pigeon Planes not much bigger than dragonflies, rose from the Ford field at Dearborn, Mich., last week for a 1,900-mile trip. Edsel Ford flagged them away. He had put up a large silver trophy for the winner of this "Reliability Test." Planes were judged on the consistency of their performances. They buzzed steadily ahead, not trying for speed but just to see which could stick at it best. At Indianapolis they were met by rain, at Chicago by a cheering...