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...control against E. H. Harrlman. It was the era of mad railroad construction when fortunes awaited the successful builder. Such success was achieved chiefly by ruinous competition; and miles of torn tracks, hundreds of crushed investors, unceasing litigation, hectic legislation, and deserted boom towns marked the Gould-Harriman tornado...
Route.-Taking the direct route from Friedrichchafen, the big ship passed over the French Midi, over Bordeaux, along the Spanish coast of the Bay of Biscay, and out to the Azores Islands. Thence she was to have flown to Bermuda and thence west-by-south to Lakehurst. A "local tornado" encountered an hour west of the Azores forced her to slow down to 25 m. p. h., however, and when the storm had passed, she veered northwest direct for Manhattan, a missing engine tuned in again to help hit up her pace...
...said proclamation is hereby revoked." ¶President Coolidge drew up his plan for the relief of agriculture through the appointment of a commission to study the causes of de pression and to suggest means of removing them. ¶To the Naval Governor, Capt. Henry H. Hough, of the tornado-torn Virgin Islands the President addressed ,a message: "Am deeply distressed to hear of the tragedy that has befallen the people of the Virgin Islands. Will you convey to them my sincere sympathy, particularly to the bereaved relatives of those who have been killed?" ¶Ambassador Houghton, home on vacation from...
Centre of attraction was a three-storied, wooden pyramid "40 feet high." Here soldiers stood in lines to form pathways to the pyramid. A shout was heard; then gathering force, like a mighty wind lashing itself into a tornado, the shout increased to a dull reverberant roar; along the pathways came the leader of Russia. Then deal silence. Suddenly a score or more of bands struck up the Internationale and down one of the aisles came some French Communists from the Department of the Seine to present to Peasant Kalinin, Chairman of the All-Russian Central Executive Committe...
...results do not include two members from North Japan, where the elections had to be postponed for two weeks owing to a tornado...