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According to a report, displayed as the most noteworthy news of the day by The New York Herald-Tribune, the oft-heralded floating bar has at last appeared on the Atlantic Coast. The report declares that it is a ship of 17,000 tons, nameless, flying the English flag, carrying the silver and linens of the former German liner Friedrich der Grosse. The location of the ship was 15 miles off Fire Island, a long narrow strip of land protecting the southern shore of Long Island...
...Allenby, Commander-in-Chief, told him all. "Take 'em back, came a stern voice over the wire, "I am the proper person to take the surrender." Thus, a few days later, Jerusalem surrendered for the fifth and last time to the Commander-in-Chief, and the only British Flag that was to be seen was that which flew from the radiator of the General's automobile, so considerate of his enemy's feelings was Allenby...
There were eight bands of music and as many floats representing: "Pleading Africa's Cause Before the League of Nations," "The Ladies of the Royal Court of Ethiopa," etc. Everywhere fluttered the red, green and black flag of the African Republic...
...large motorcar snorted into the village of Albano, near Rome. Over the hood fluttered a small red flag, bearing the emblem of the Soviet...
...group of local Fascisti, sipping their vino pastoso at a local osteria, espied the odious emblem of sedition. With loud and patriotic cries, they rushed upon the vehicle, tore up the flag, abused the passengers...