Word: rear
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...week. Sir Arthur Salter's round table had been pouring over the League of Nations for days. There had been dissension. Now the debate was brought out into Chapin Hall, where the Army and Business (pro) locked epithets with the Navy and miscellaneous interests (con). Rear Admiral John A. Rodgers, outspoken mariner, "shocked" a Britisher, was hissed by a woman. The tumult over, Sir Arthur obliged by answering League questions, dubbing the U. S. "Arcadia," to keep his remarks free from improprieties...
Clarksburg, W. Va., stood hat in hand to greet John W. Davis. A train drew in, Mr. Davis appeared at the rear end of the compartment car President Adams, entered an automobile, progressed homewards. Cheers rent the air. Mr. Davis, bareheaded, bowed and smiled...
...debate followed. An Admiral, three Rear Admirals, a college professor and a writer on naval affairs heckled Mr. Miller; a League secretary (a woman) assisted him. The naval men stuck for "limitation" as differing from "disarmament...
...Rear Admiral William L. Rodgers, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the General Board of the U. S. Navy, attended the Institute, "determined to be as disagreeable as ever." He is a pale man, but can see red. Chafed by three days of peace palaver, Rodgers blurted out that before the century ends the U. S. will, the U. S. should, plunge into a war of aggression...
...easterly currents and therefore open later in the season. But with Angmagsalik closed, it was possible that they would be forced to the truly terrible non-stop flight of 1,000 miles from Reykjavik direct to Ivigtut right across Greenland's icy mountains. In the cruiser Raleigh, however, Rear-Adm. T. P. Magruder searched the southern shores of Greenland for an open space; it was also possible that Sir Ernest Shackleton's ship, the Quest, might be used as an icebreaker. There still remained the alternative of breaking the flight from Reykjavik by refueling in the open...