Word: weather
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Zeppelin Tour. Swift and sure the Graf Zeppelin accomplished its long frustrated Mediterranean tour last week? 5,208 miles in 81% hours. Commander Dr. Hugo Eckener guided her through varied weather over the historical sites?from Friedrichshafen, over the Swiss Alps, Corsica, Rome, Pompeii, Crete, Cyprus, Haifa, Jaffa, Jerusalem, Greece, Albania, Jugoslavia, Vienna, and home to Friedrichshafen. April 15 he will begin another Mediterranean cruise, then in May two cruises...
...important means of transportation, and the number of accidents on these lines today is smaller than ever before. Those that do occur are due, almost all of them, to the fact that the planes are run on a schedule which requires that they set out at stated intervals, fair weather or foul. The number of such accidents is decreasing year by year, as further advances are made in the invention of such instruments as are helpful to aviators flying in stormy weather...
...were chosen after yesterday's practice session in the new cage, where the team has been working out because of inclement weather. Nineteen men in all, six of them being pitchers, were retained from the squad of 40. These men, with perhaps a few additions, will compose the University squad for the entire season...
During the past month, under the direction of Coaches Farrell and Mikkola, assisted by Haggerty and O'Neil, informal outdoor practice has been held, when weather permitted. Weightmen and candidates for the discus and javelin have been out regularly since the I.C. 4A. meet on March 2, and the call for long distance men was issued two weeks ago. Others who cared to attend practice during this time were offered the advantages of special individual instruction before the main body of hurdlers, sprinters, and jumpers turned out today. Candidates for the Freshman team, after a lay-off of two weeks...
This afternoon, weather permitting, the H. A. A. will open for play the 20 tennis courts on the new playing field beyond the Harvard Business School, it was announced yesterday by C. F. Getchell, General Manager of the H. A. A. At the same time announcement was made that hereafter the University squash courts will be closed in the evening, with the last period of play being from 6 to 6:30 o'clock...