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Sailors caught thieving are swiftly and dishonorably discharged from the U. S. Navy. So harsh has been naval justice lately that Secretary Adams last week addressed the U. S. fleet as follows...
Japan's juggernaut, clanking slowly across frozen South Manchuria toward Chinchow last week, was chauffeured by the Empire's prodigiously popular hero of the hour, Lieut. General Jiro Tamon. Month ago he broke the power of China in North Manchuria by routing fleet General Ma Chan-shan and capturing Tsitsihar (TIME, Nov. 30). That was easy. General Ma had no effective artillery and only 23,000 Chinese soldiers. Chinchow last week looked hard-that is if its 84,000 Chinese defenders would fight. Japanese scouting planes reported two separate systems of Chinese entrenchments defending Chinchow, complete with...
Next February the U. S. fleet will hold its battle practice in Hawaiian waters. Rear Admirals Yates Stirling Jr., district commandant, and George T. Pettengill, minecraft commander, publicly declared that Honolulu was unsafe for the wives of Naval officers and men and they were not to be brought to the islands for the maneuvers. They could not comment on the hazards for civilians wives, but Admiral Stirling warned: "Honolulu may expect cases of assault upon women unless the better element gets to work to stamp it out." Much to the relief of the city's business and resort leaders...
...year 1733, a fleet arrived at the mouth of the Savannah River; and presently back home in London trustees of a new venture heard with joy that the flag of England had been raised over the Royal Colony of Georgia...
...fleet's in Grade...