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...Firth of Forth is a dour, great inlet where the tide rushes in and out from the North Sea at great velocity and where the sixth longest bridge in the world supplies "see-ers" with a "sight." Britain's battle fleet uses it as a base. Scotsmen, particularly Edinburghers who dwell near its troubled expanse, boast of its majesty and dangers. But few think of swimming across it; and none of those who have tried have ever succeeded-until last week. Then W. E. Barnie, an Edinburgh science teacher, girded up his loins, plunged in at Burntisland...
...weeks and weeks, racing bicycles, propelled by hunched, straining figures, have whizzed around the Velodromes of Newark, N. J., and Manhattan. The pedallers were riding out a series of 18 races to decide the National open championship. Last week in the 17th race, Arthur Spencer of Newark, fleet Mancunian* tore past ponderous Cecil Walker of Australia and Alfred Goullet of Newark, won the National two-mile championship, brought his point total to 51, thus clinching the National title. Walker's total after the 17th race was 45 points, safe for second place...
...Charles has had a brilliant naval career. He served with distinction in the Battle of Jutland, was, for two years (1914-16), Chief-of-Staff to Admiral of the Fleet Sir John R. Jellicoe, was second in command (1917) to Admiral Sir David Beatty, the then Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet. Since 1922 he has been First and Principal Naval A. D. C. to the King...
...Debats, Paris quotidian, in a scathing editorial, suggested that Premier Herriot should now invite Premier MacDonald to France to see a review of the greatest army in the world in order to return the compliment of having been permitted to see a review of the world's greatest fleet...
...June 21, 1919, the German fleet lay at anchor in Scapa Flow. Its pride had long since been broken and it lay captive with only skeleton crews of Germans aboard. In accordance with a preconcerted plan, the Germans opened the sea cocks, let their High Seas Fleet sink to the bottom. There were some 74 ships at anchor at the time and many of them sank before the British could beach them...