A British battleship bumps a British submarine, accidentally – or so they’d have us believe – sending all 43 submariners to the bottom of Portland Bill, which is a body of water rather than a hipster coffee shop. Elsewhere in the exercise, two other subs have a fender-bender.
The West Virginia Democrats endorse former ambassador to Britain John W. Davis for president. Let the Johnmentum begin!
A state constitutional amendment is proposed in the NY Assembly to increase the gubernatorial term from two years to four. Another suggestion is to allow women to serve on juries. Not require them to, mind you; that didn’t happen until the mid-70s (which explains “Twelve Angry Men”).
The state of Illinois steps in to stop dry raids in Williamson County conducted by the Ku Klux Klan. They’ve also been beating & robbing Italians, as was the custom.
"– sending all 43 submariners to the bottom of Portland Bill, which is a body of water rather than a hipster coffee shop."
ReplyDeleteA bit difficult to comprehend given that Portland Bill is a lump of rock (famously housing a notorious prison). Portland HARBOUR is the watery bit (of happy childhood memory).