Word: tripped
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...William M. Rogers, Indiana Klansman, had sworn before a Senate committee that upon a trip to Washington in 1926 he had applied to Senator Watson for assistance in getting a Government job, that Senator Watson had proudly exhibited a Klan imperial passport, had claimed high membership in the order...
...oldtime fishing dory is also outmoded in large scale fishing. Large beam trawlers drag the sea floor with nets, haul up masses of fish in which the smaller fish are often squashed and suffocated. Atlantic Coast Fisheries trawlers have a capacity of 200,000 pounds of fish per trip. They keep in touch with home ports by wireless; bring in as much fish as is needed to keep the factory busy. Atlantic Coast Fisheries Co., organized in 1922, last year showed net sales of $7,969,767, net earnings of $637,085. The company was bought...
...contributed nothing to the success of the trip and almost turned it to disaster, writes his own account of the flight and the American people read it avidly, admire his nerve, and save up confetti for his reception when he returns to New York. The French aviators have shown almost unbelievable restraint and courtesy towards Schrieber, but that surely does not justify our dismissal of his action in endangering the lives of three men in a foolhardy gesture...
...Governor. Governor George Alexander Parks of Alaska was at Juneau when he made up his mind to see his niece (he is unmarried), Mary Catherine Thompson, graduated from Mills College, Oakland, Cal., last Monday. So he jumped into an Alaska Airways Lockheed-Vega and made the 1,800-mi. trip in 20½, hours, first air passenger to accomplish it in so short a time...
...Ahrenberg, Lieut. Axel Flodin and Mechanic Robert Ljunglund. Their course was to include stops at Stockholm (Sweden), Reykjavik (Iceland), Ivigtut (Greenland), Anticosti Island (Quebec), New York. Last week the Swedes got to Reykjavik, where a broken oil line forced their premature landing and delayed, at least, their completing the trip...