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...Repulse steamed from Gambia, stopped off Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast Colony and steamed on to Nigeria (TIME...
Last week, Britain's senior ambassador, the Prince of Wales, moved on the Repulse down the long coast of Africa...
...Seccondee, the Prince landed in the sweltering heat of 118° for a four-day visit in the Gold Coast Colony. But the heat was not great enough to melt the ardor of the natives, who gave him a prodigious welcome and a great display of African wealth. From Seccondee, a visit was made to the hinterland of Ashanti where "talking drums"* beat out salutes. Ashanti chiefs presented him with a gold sword, a gold stool (emblem of sovereignty), a gold umbrella and a cloth of gold. A mighty oath of allegiance to the British crown was sworn...
...mapmaking, the planes will be equipped with Fairchild cameras loaded so that they will automatically photograph strips of coast 750 miles long and 10 miles wide without adjustment...
Days passed without word from the good ship Arc turns, bearing Scientist William Beebe and 48 companions on an exploration of the deep sea (TIME, Feb. 16, Mar. 9, 16, 30). The Arcturus had traversed the Caribbean, threaded the Panama Canal, headed down for the Humboldt Current off the coast of Ecuador. A week passed, ten days, eleven. On the twelfth day, the U. S. Naval Commandant at Balboa, Panama, notified the Navy Department at Washington that two unnamed ships had relayed to him by air some intelligence from the Arcturus. Next day, the ship reported direct to Washington, stating...