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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paravanes are torpedo-like devices, filled with explosive or equipped with cutting blades, which are towed by armored cable from ships for defense. By adjustment of their rudders, paravanes can be made to travel beside the ship at any desired depth and distance, the cable fanning out across the ship's bows. Upon encountering the anchor chain of a submerged mine or the hull of a submarine, the cable draws the paravane into contact. When the mine's anchor chain is severed, the submarine is blown...
...assault next day, I retained to defend me the celebrated barrister, onetime Finance Minister de Monzie of France. My extravagances include the ownership of a fleet of airplanes which bring to me, wherever I may be, fresh caviar from Russia, poulards from Toulouse and other delicacies. I travel habitually in an airplane fitted up as a business office. I inherited a large fortune from my father but have doubled it many times in Brazilian, Spanish and Mexican companies from which ] claim to have derived a total profit of one and a quarter billion Belgian francs ($35,000,000). My most...
...Helser has been doing pioneer missionary work at a new station in the interior of Africa, a thousand miles from the coast. His experience as a traveler, explorer, and missionary in the Dark Continent has been extensive. He is the author of a book on travel entitled "In Sunny Nigeria" that stamps him as an expert on African customs...
...Administration at Washington reputedly exerted pressure last week upon several U. S. railroads, following the refusal of the Southern Pacific to transport Queen Marie of Rumania and her entourage over its lines free. Eventually the Interstate Commerce Commission and the nine roads over which Her Majesty will travel reached a working arrangement. Since absolutely free transportation over U. S. railroads is prohibited by law except for railroad employes, the Commission will create a special passenger rate schedule for the trains on which Her Majesty travels and at once withdraw the rate thereafter. Thus the ten-car special train placed...
Andover Academy won the prepartory school cup last year and Arlington High captured the public school event. These same teams are favored again this year. Eighty-four runners in all will travel over the Stadium course this morning...