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...exposition before its end, she might well blow a salute to an old steam locomotive chuffing around the neighborhood. Old No. 999, the New York Central engine, which put thrills into the melodramas of the 1890's, in 1893 attained a record of 112½ m.p.h. for 1 mi. at Cuttenden, near Buffalo, N. Y.∙ Her engineer on that run, Charlie Hogan of Buffalo, was again at her old throttle last week...
...Developed by T. H. Kruttschnitt, son of the late able Railroader Julius Kruttschnitt. ∙Later records: a Plant System train at 120 m.p.h. for 5 mi. between Fleming and Jacksonville, Fla. in 1901; a Philadelphia & Reading train at 115.2 m.p.h. for 4.8 mi. between Egg Harbor and Brigantine Junction...
...know that the Pamir had reached Land's End in the excellent time of 92 days. Into Falmouth Harbor last week staggered the Penang which had left Australia in late January. Its time was 122 days. Close behind it came the Parma, having finished the 15,000 mi. in the amazing time of 83 days, fair time even for a clipper. Said Villiers, "We had a good ship, a good captain-one of the best in the world-a good time and good weather." Last week the fleet admitted that the Parma had probably won the 1933 grain race...
Officers of the Nationalist Government and Japanese met secretly at Hwaiju. 30 mi. north of Peiping. and agreed verbally to the following terms...
...Chinese forces would remain south, Japanese north of an imaginary line from Yenking, 45 mi. northwest of Peiping, through Tungchow, 13 mi. east, to Ningho, 30 mi. northeast of Tientsin...