Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Revolution came to Russia, Ace Hall escorted a Tsarist General's wife and her fortune in jewels out of the country. His wartime decorations include the British Cross of St. George, French Médaille Militaire and Croix de Guerre (three palms) and Russian Cross of St. Vladimir. As a salesman and scout for U. S. aviation companies he went to China, wangled a job as instructor of the air force of the Nanking Government and took the name of General Chan. Two years ago he deserted with seven pilots to the Southern Canton Government, proclaimed, "Our Canton...
Number 48 George P. Stangle '34, quarterback ace who scored both of Dartmouth's touchdowns against Penn last Saturday...
Prussia's martinet Premier, beefy General Hermann Wilhelm Goring, would rather see Jews support racehorses than other Jews. Though famed as an ace aviator, General Goring agrees with his cavalry friends that a man on horseback should be a cut above other men. Last week he decreed that in the State of Prussia (which is nearly two-thirds of Germany) all jockeys and drivers of horses on Prussian racetracks must be Aryans. Jews may still own racehorses, enter them in Prussia's smartest meets, even win prizes-but Aryans must ride...
...first regular transport plane in the world with sleeping berths flew into Newark Airport one day last week. It was an 18-passenger ship of Eastern Air Transport assigned to the night run between New York and Atlanta. Its two berths were occupied by Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, War ace, official of the transport company; and Alexander Strong, Boston engineer...
...team. But the crowd in the blue Meadow Brook stands had noticed two surprising differences between the teams. Seymour Knox's ponies were stretching their necks ahead of Greentree's in races for the ball and "Big Bo'' Boeseke, mounted splendidly on Red Ace, Dos de Oro and Cacique, was clearly outplaying Smith. In the seventh chukker, Boeseke barely saved himself from a bad fall when his pony wheeled too sharply; a few moments later he had his hand bruised by a mallet. By this time Aurora, having gained four goals in the fifth chukker...