Word: seamans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ports as seamen, stewards, or in some sea-going capacity. These journeys are usually made either because of a desire to see the world, or a longing for adventure. The bo's'n generally puts an end to these romantic notions for adventure the first day, and now the Seaman's Union intends to stop the practice altogether...
...recently been decided that no union ship, which most desirable vessels are, shall take any seaman other than one who intends to follow the sea for a vocation. Regardless of the fact that most sailors never remain on one ship for more than two voyages, the fact that students only work for a summer is cited as an objection to employing them...
Elected. Ralph H. Stever, comptroller of the Seaman's Bank for Savings of New York City; to be president thereof, succeeding the late Herbert Kenaston Twitchell...
...harbor. He succeeds the late Sir James Thomas Walter Charles, commander of the Aquitania, as chief of the Cunard fleet. Said he: "I have a real sorrow to think that I could not fly the commodore's burgee while Sir James was still alive. He was a fine seaman and a gentleman. The commodore's flag I have was his personal flag. One of the last orders he issued was that it be given to me, for he knew I was to succeed him on his retirement. My coming here as commodore is not entirely a happy occasion...
...April 14, 1927, the Curtiss Flying Service Inc. broke its record of faultless performance. Pilot John Parke Andrews, Passengers Mary Seaman and Carl C. Stoll Jr., were killed in an accident at Mineola, L. I. Last week, Carl C. Stoll ST., of Louisville, Ky., filed suit for negligence against the Curtiss Flying Service, Inc., the first legal action of its kind in the history of New York courts. At the same time, Illinois courts were concerned with a novel phase of flying. Mrs. Gertrude B. Weingarten, mother of 6-year-old R. Paul Weingarten Jr., asked Justice Adolph Joseph Sabath...