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...stand, nothing could be seen very clearly. In the boxes sat a few notables, not many, for the Grand National is not a smart race but just a dangerous and famous one. Sir Thomas Royden of the Cunard line was there. He had ordered the liner Scythia into dock at Liverpool so that people who wanted to see the race could sleep on board. The King of Afghanistan had spent the night as his guest and was now sitting with Queen Thuraya in the Earl of Derby's box. It was a big week for him and he didn...
...Utah has been in dry-dock for several days in South Boston to undergo final repairs for the engineering g trials over the one mile course at Rockland. Since the Utah has recently been overhauled and modernized, offices are obtaining data as though for a new ship...
...used to the "make up" of front pages, the cover of the Lampoon presents a splendid contrast to the drab and uninspired grayness of the CRIMSON. Fitting the subject to the contents of the issue, the cover represents an ocean liner (quaintly enough) setting out for Europe from its dock at the Weld boathouse on the Charles. The business school and the stadium are dwarfed by the ship's bulk as it puts to sea with Lampy sitting...
Because Hero McCartney has not been able to "settle down" he was on trial, last week in London, before the Lord Chief Justice of England-as a spy. In the dock with him was a German youth, one George Hansen, 24. Both were charged with recent spying in behalf of Soviet Russia and with unsuccessful attempts to purchase state secrets from a faithful employe, George Monkland, who had denounced them to Scotland Yard...
President Machado of Cuba was waiting at the dock to shake the hands of President Coolidge and party. After much bugling, saluting, blowing and picture-taking, the procession started, via O'Reilly street and Teodoro Roosevelt street through a blizzard of rosebuds, under balconies, past cathedrals, to the presidential palace. "A-a-a-h!!" said thousands of appreciative Cubans when the two Presidents appeared on a balcony...