Word: sea
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...from a rival, Ralph Pulitzer, publisher of the New York World. Publisher Pulitzer produced records. Said he, hotly: "The World has deliberately thrown away . . . will continue to throw away . . . millions of dollars of advertising by attacking for the public good various interests." He flung a contemptuous denial across the sea to M. Siegfried: "With the exception of a few blackguardly sheets . . . very precisely known . . . the press does not prostitute itself...
...Honolulu. It broke the 24-hr, record the first day out, steaming 700 miles. It broke it again on the second day with 742 miles. On the third day it raced 770 miles to port. The Lexington with Capt. A. W. Marshall in command, had made the fastest sea passage ever logged between the U. S. and Hawaii, covering 2,228 nautical miles in 72 hours, 34 minutes; also the world's record for 24-hr, runs...
Here a stretch of rough water called forth desperate efforts, threw two capsized sportsmen to the waiting rescue ships, gave a comfortable lead to a seaworthy Corker sea sled driven by Charles P. Stevens of Albany, N. H. Racer Stevens never lost his head. His time: 14 hrs., 5 minutes, 37 seconds...
...Steam Yacht ready for launching" said the telegram received in Cincinnati by Julius Fleishmann, yeast heir. It meant that his twin-screw, clipper stem, Diesel yacht, with its accommodations for 14 guests, its lockers holding food enough for eight months at sea, its living room, smoking room, dining room, its owner's private gymnasium, lounge room, and dressing room, its cold storage plant, its shining mahogany and brass, was standing at the head of a slide in Manhattan, worth $625,000. Mrs. Fleishmann christened...
...Thirteen years ago Thomas Fleming Day, deep sea voyager, hung a one-cylinder Evinrude over the side of a twelve-ft. dinghy and chugged 233 nautical miles from New York to Boston to test the reliability of the newly discovered, much-criticized outboard motor. A power cruiser accompanying the dinghy broke down twice, three times. Pioneer Day completed the course. His time: 52 hrs., 47 minutes...