Word: unknowns
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...eyes could not descry, far out at sea, a passing vessel flying the red, white and blue stripes of the Pacific Mail?a great ensign, great when he was unknown, the ensign of the oldest shipping company in the U. S. He reflected that five big passenger boats now flying that banner were "President" boats leased from the Shipping Board. If those five should come under the $ sign, the Pacific Mail might expire for- ever...
...that everybody realized from the start that an absolute majority of the vote could not be obtained by any party. At the forthcoming contest, which takes places Sunday, Apr. 26, a much heavier vote is predicted. This means that there are a potential twelve million votes which are an unknown quantity...
...Trotzky escaped from the Caucasus; whereabouts unknown...
Students, armed with chemical bombs and canes, then poured into the streets; several clashes took place between them, the police and the Communists. Fifty-four policemen were injured and an unknown number of students...
...opening of the Order's Museum, recently built beside the Palace. In the course of his opening address, the President referred to the generosity of William Nelson Cromwell, American, who contributed 700,000 of the 2,000,000 francs ($100,000) raised for the new building, and of an unknown American (who persisted in remaining anonymous) who also lavishly contributed...