Word: reared
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...idea of printing fiction in a newspaper is not new. W. L. George and his kindred penmen have long prospered in the back lots and less respectable areas of journalism. But to bring fiction out onto the very facade of newspaperdom, and rear it as a fake skyscraper among the tall columns of front page news, is an operation of some daring. It took place last week...
...Died. Rear Admiral Thomas Oliver Self ridge, U. S. N., 88; in Washington. He entered the service in 1851. In the Civil War he was second in command of the Cumberland when it was sunk by the Merrimac, commanded the naval battery at the siege of Vicksburg; was the "only officer who commanded sailors in a successful battle against Confederate cavalry...
...McCrary, present commander, Rear Admiral William A. Moffet gave the following orders: "Upon being relieved by Lieutenant Commander Zachary Lansdowne as commanding officer of the U. S. S. Shenandoah, you will regard yourself detached from all duties aboard that airship...
...Rear Admiral Julian L. Latimer told the House Naval Affairs Committee that Secretary of the Navy Denby, and not former Secretary of the Interior Fall, had originated the plan of transferring the control of the Oil Reserves from the Navy Department to the Department of the Interior. Both Rear Admiral Latimer and Rear Admiral Gregory testified that they believed the leases were advantageous to the Government...
Thereupon Howat rose from his seat in the rear of the hall, and proceeded toward the platform...