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...from Yale's success this season, the Blue eight will also be in the finals on Saturday. The Eli oarsmen leave Gales Ferry at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. If they win on Saturday, they will not return until Sunday evening, but if they lose they will be on deck at Gales Ferry in time for breakfast on Sunday morning...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: J. R. HOOVER MOVES INTO MUMFORD'S SEAT | 6/11/1924 | See Source »

...Deck-chopped, wreck-dropped, down into the hell...

Author: By Le BARON Russell briggs, | Title: CRIMSON BOOKSHELF | 5/23/1924 | See Source »

...Deck protection of six battleships...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: 5-4-3 | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...regard to deck armor, which the War showed to be essential to protect the vitals of ships from high-angle fire and bombing attacks, the British fleet is well protected and the Japanese are assumed to be, although nothing definite is known. "Twelve of our 18 ships compare favorably with Japanese and British ships. . . . The remaining six ships have insufficient deck protection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: 5-4-3 | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...Henderson, son of the Home Secretary, asked Parliamentary Secretary of the Admiralty Ammon to order British Jack Tars (gobs) to wear shoes. "I don't like to see seamen walking on deck in their bare feet. They get corns and are liable to other dangers from severe colds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BRITISH EMPIRE: Parliament's Week: May 19, 1924 | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

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