Word: v
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Naval board of inquiry, consisting of Rear Admiral William V. Pratt, Captain George Day and Captain David F. Sellers, opened an official investigation at North Island, San Diego, on Sept...
...Barbara and San Lower California. Each plane was manned by a pilot and a photographer. Lieut. John Macready, transcontinental non-stop flyer, and George Stephens, the Army's crack photographer, ran into a heavy rainstorm and secured nothing. But aviators from the battle fleet squadrons, under command of Captain V. Marshall, secured satisfactory photographs of the eclipse, including the sun's corona...
...conference of Governors to deal with the situation. At the outbreak of the strike he established martial law at the mines and maintained it until the strike was concluded. He thereby gained the enmity of the miners, who demanded his impeachment. On several occasions he has denounced Eugene V. Debs as a traitor...
...Government is assured of a large working majority over the Republicans, who are embarrassed by the fact that it will be necessary for them to swear allegiance to George V before taking their seats...
...fast De Havilands and single-seater fighters. Fully armed and equipped, the Martin bombers each carried from three to five men, camp equipment from cots to typewriters, enough food to last four days. Sometimes the commander, Major John N. Reynolds, took his fleet in single file, sometimes in V formation so close together that the wing tips seemed to touch. En route the planes went through offensive manoeuvres such as bombing planes would be called upon to do in case of war. Adopting offensive tactics, the bombers would swoop down upon some military objective such as a railhead or bridge...