Word: british
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Circling German naval planes, which were said to have driven off an attempted attack by the British submarine, accompanied the Bremen into port...
BERLIN--The $20,000,000 German luxury liner Bremen docked tonight at a German port, believed to be Bremershaven, after defeating Great Britain's sea blockade and escaping narrowly from a British submarine, the Nazi-high command announced...
...swimmers lost Paul Williams, sprinter, for two years individual high scorer in the league; Jim Daugherty, a very promising breast stroker, and Charles Smith, another sprinter. Frank Gosling, a diver, left college to go to war with the British Army. But the Quakers have come up with several good sophomores to take their places, notably Daniel Freeman, a New York boy who is as fast now in the 50 as Williams was; Joe Tyson, a back stroke; and John Houck, who will compete in the distance events...
...Beware British propaganda, if it distorts your proper judgment," is the advice of Charles Siepmann, newly appointed University lecturer, and former Director of Program Planning of the British Broadcasting Corporation...
Siepmann has been connected with the British Broadcasting Corporation for twelve years, of which the first eight were spent in the Adult Education Department, and the past four in executive offices, Invited by President Conant to perform research on the role of radio in education, and financed by a private American organization not connected with Harvard or with the British Government, he "nearly fell over backwards" in eagerness to accept the offer...