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...Brookline, Mass. He studied civil engineering at M.I.T., but left after three years to become an instrument man for Quebec & Saguenay Railroad. Then he became a civil engineer and a contractor. In 1917 he enlisted in the U.S. Signal Corps as a private. He learned to fly under Bert Acosta, who was later to achieve fame as a transatlantic pilot. His first three landings were all dead stick, but he was notably successful once he got to France. Twice he was shot down. He was credited with two German planes, came out of the war with a captaincy, the D.S.C...
...Senator Taft replied to a letter from Bert Long, Hamilton County G.O.P. chairman. Was it too early. Bert Long had asked, to start another boom like the one in 1940 that came close to giving Taft the nomination in Philadelphia? Said Taft: "My definite reply is that I am not a candidate." His reasons: he liked the Senate and wanted to run for it again; "John Bricker loyally supported my candidacy in 1940-I intend to do the same...
...show is devoted to classical Spanish dancer Argentinita and her colorfully dressed troupe who away expertly with a castinet in either hand. Though somewhat incongruous in a slapstick show, they prove that art is as effective as acrobatics in vaudeville. Humor, however, is the mainstay, with a relay of, Bert Wheeler, Willie Howard, and a dumb-but-not-deaf young man, Gene Sheldon, who all but steals the show...
...other Varsity backs were led by Johnson's 11 carries for a 3.1 average, Wilson's 10 for 4.1, and O'Donnell's seven for a 4.7 average . . . For Penn, Bill Miller averaged 8.2 yards per try on 13 carries, Bert Stiff 3.3 for 16 chances, and Bob Odell 3.1 on six tries...
...Then Bert Stiff, who probably comes into Harvard Stadium with as big a reputation as any man the Harlowmen will face all year, limbered up his big right arm, and he pitched nothing but strikes to his receivers, who included Bernie Kuczynski, captain of the Red and Blue...