Word: armstrongs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...came a sour tagline to his riches-to-rags story: he was cited by Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace for a measly commodity fraud Secretary Wallace charged 77-year-old Willie Durant, his wife and various associates including the brokerage houses of Alexander Eisemann & Co. and H. W. Armstrong & Co. with "having cheated " and defrauded persons for whom futures contracts were made... by the manner in which they promoted and operated a scheme sometimes called the Buchhalter plan of trading...
Garrett, a sprinter comparatively unknown to the public, continued his consistently fast season's performances by plowing through a 23.8 50 to win the two-lap title. Previously, Yale's Perryman had taken the first heat in 23.8, beating Garrett, and Julian Armstrong, of Dartmouth, had won the second heat, also in 23.8, with Harvard's Jim Curwen third. Curwen placed fifth in the final behind Garrett, Russ Duncan, of Yale, Armstrong, and Perryman, a formidable field for any 50-yard race...
...Curwen will be trying to avenge his sprint defeats in Big Three Competition in the 100, possibly in the 50, and in the 220. Perryman and Duncan of Yale, Van Oss of Princeton, Williams of Penn, Armstrong of Dartmouth, and Garrett of Army constitute formidable opposition for him in the 50, with Gar- rett the underdog favorite...
...kind of speakeasy--swing-easies"--behind sound proof doors? "Joe sent me"--furtive men carrying hot choruses around in black satchels--"Yeah, the straight stuff's here--Norvo, Basie, they're all beatin' it out downstairs"--black trucks being hijacked for rare records--raids on dives where Louis Armstrong is tearing "Dinah" to shreds? We'll probably all end up playing Mickey Mouse piano with Shep Fields...
Stein is slated to swim the 50 as well teamed with Julian Armstrong, Indian Sophomore who at present holds the League's season's record of 24.2 in the 50. They will face Jim Curwen and either Ned Goldwasser or Lonnie Stowell in the two-lap sprint. Armstrong ought to give Big Jim the best race he's had so far this year...