Word: teakwood
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...teakwood and cream enamel Royal Train parked one night last week on a siding near Knowsley Hall, vast Lancashire estate of Edward George Villiers Stanley. 17th Earl of Derby.* There is no other peer with whom the King would rather dine and sit up late over a whiskey-soda. But scowling heavens loosed a cloudburst just as the Royal Train drew in. Terrific thunder claps, incessant lightning and sheets of lashing rain kept Their Majesties aboard the train all night. Next day amid brilliant sunshine Lord Derby was their guest as they chuffed off to open the most exciting feat...
...disciplinary measure. But last week the holystone passed out of U. S. Naval tradition. The new 10,000-ton treaty cruisers are being built as lightly as possible to carry the heaviest possible armament. Even the aluminum beams are whittled away wherever safety permits. The decks, made of expensive teakwood, are only 2 in. thick (compared to the 4-2-in. pine decks of U. S. Liners). Announced Secretary of the Navy Adams: "The use of holystones wears down the decks so rapidly that their repair or re-placement has become an item of expense [cost of replacing a cruiser...