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Coming down the inside passage from Sitka, the transport Henderson made several stops in the narrow inlets where the steep, pine-covered slopes of mountains made good anchorages. The voyage extended over two days, and members of the party had opportunity to undertake a little fishing from small boats. The...
Depth charges sank 37; fixed mines, 36; fights with enemy submarines, 20; engine trouble, 14; torpedo boats, destroyers and subchasers, 13; accidental ramming, 8; armed fishing craft, 6; airplane bombs, 6; and submarine nets, 6. Three were sunk by regular patrol vessels, 3 by armed auxiliaries, 2 by cruisers, 2...
While the President is away from Washington Secretary Hughes has permission to call Cabinet meetings. The chance of his collecting much of a gathering is small, however. Secretary Hughes will remain in Washington. But Secretaries Hoover, Work and Wallace are with the President; Secretary Mellon sailed for Europe and will...
Twenty Chinese coolies in Cuba, and each had $500. Each was willing to part with it to get into the United States. The Mary Beatrice, small Bahama sponge-fishing schooner with an unnamed skipper, offered to accommodate them at that price. The Chinamen boarded her at Havana, paying half the...
Lord Curzon's high-handed note to Soviet Russia, demanding satisfaction for the seizure of a fishing trawler in the Baltic Sea, compensation for murdered and imprisoned Britishers, the cessation of anti-British propaganda in Asia and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of insulting letters by Gregory Weinstein attacking Britain...