Word: ace
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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With General Cohen there also deserted to the new Canton Government last week Ace Bert Hall of Bowling Green, Ky. In 1913 Aviator Hall and his mechanic were Turkey's two-man air force in the Balkan War. When the World War broke Aviator Hall was in Paris, joined the Foreign Legion, left it later to help found the famed Lafayette Escadrille. He shot down nine German planes, was decorated seven times by Allied Governments. Aged 50 he is still spoiling for fights, picks plenty in China, where he is "General Chan...
...Manhattan to see about business matters before going to Taos, N. Mex., Mrs. David Herbert Lawrence, German relict of the British writer, cousin of the late great German War Ace Manfred von Richthofen, said: "We were together for 18 years. I was a married woman of 32 and had three children when we met. And he was 26. He had no money, and my family cut me off. Such courage he had! . . . You would know he was unusual, just by seeing him in a crowd." Concerning John Middleton Murry, whose biography of Lawrence recently appeared (TIME, May 4), she cried...
Michigan and Illinois have been winning the Western Conference track & field championships since 1917. There seemed no reason to believe that Michigan would not win again at Evanston last week. Illinois' ace hurdler, Lee Sentman, was likely to be beaten by Jack Keller of Ohio State; Michigan had Eddie Tolan, who holds the official world's record for the 100-yard dash, and a crack one-mile relay team. In the first events, run off on a raw dark afternoon. Michigan piled up what looked like a safe lead till Sentman, equaling the world's record...
...took part in regular Army formations. Main event of the first day was a contest for honor position during the maneuvers between the 95th squadron, 20th Pursuit Group (Rockwell Field), and the 36th squadron, First Pursuit Group (Selfridge Field). The California squadron, led by Captain Frank O. Hunter (War ace credited with nine planes), beat its rival under Captain Victor Strahm (War ace credited with five planes) in a smooth tactical and acrobatic operation...
...Crimson ace, who pitches right-handed and bats southpaw, let down the conquerors of Yale, Cornell, Columbia, and Swarthmore with seven knocks and scored one of the Harvard counters in person. Peterson, Penn flinger, permitted only seven Harvard blows, but they were opportune and gave complete satisfaction. A good indication of MacHale's effectiveness lies in the fact that, beginning in the third inning and continuing until the seventh, the Crimson fadeaway expert retired 14 consecutive batters...