IN A NUTSHELL
ANNIVERSARIES. 1743.—Thomas Jefferson bom. 1769.—Captain Cook arrived at Tahiti in Endeavour, first voyage. 1829.—8i1l of Catholic Emancipation; passed. 1861.—The Federal garrison oj , Charleston surrendered to the Con- , federation. 1868. —Capture of Magdala and end of Abyssinian War. 1894.—Strikes at Bradford; military, ] called out. ;j 1899. Spanish - American peace signed. 1904.—Russian battleship Petroparlovsk blown up by mine outside Fort Arthur. _ r j 1915.—Russian Carpathian offensive i stopped. j A New York man who threw a bottle with his name in it into the Gulf Stream while on a liner has had it re- , turned to him from Scotland. _ ! The Swiss Government is to issue al special series of postage stamps—from five centimes to one franc—to mark the Disarmament Conference at Geneva. Prison and a £4OO fine have been imposed on a chemical director of a drug factory at Basle, Switzerland, for taking part in smuggling activities.
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Evening Star, Issue 21076, 13 April 1932, Page 1
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148IN A NUTSHELL Evening Star, Issue 21076, 13 April 1932, Page 1
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