Word: beachful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...After years of resistance, Miami Beach hotels finally gave the Gideons permission to put Bibles in their 23,000-odd rooms. The society prepared to haul 23 tons of Bibles from Philadelphia to Miami Beach in mid-April for the "World's Greatest Bible Dedication...
...Vero Beach, Fla., veteran George Sisler, 54, the greatest first-baseman who ever wore spikes, got ready to manufacture a new first-baseman for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He had a talented and versatile athlete to work on: hard-hitting, fleet-footed Pistol Pete Reiser. After two weeks of private lessons, Teacher Sisler expects to have Outfielder Reiser (who seemed to be forever crashing into the concrete outfield wall at Ebbets Field) ready to replace Jackie Robinson at first base for the Dodgers...
Died. Saul Singer, 66, onetime chairman, Executive Committee of the Bank of United States, who progressed from rags to riches-and then to Sing Sing for his part in history's biggest* bank crash; of a ruptured artery; in Miami Beach. Out of jail in 1935, he headed for Texas with $75.74, started all over again, became a major independent oilman...
Then he went to inspect a submarine, turned up later at the enlisted men's beach for his daily dip and a two-hour sunning. The red of his nose was peeling and turning to tan. He lolled in the sand in a T-shirt and white duck trousers, a canvas helmet shading his face. He looked like a man without a care in the world...
...Miami Beach, where bookmaking is an industry, Police Chief P. R. Short dutifully made token arrests of three bookies, released them on $500 bond, and explained carefully: "We don't intend to bother the bookies. They don't bother...