Word: blake
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...brass section and an exceedingly wobbly hunk of rhythm. Now, however His Highness has stepped into the market and returned with several juicy chunks of swing--namely Chu Berry on tenor sax, Cozy Cole on drums, Milton Hinton on bass, Hilton Jefferson on alto, Kay Johnson on trombone, Jerry Blake on clarinet and a kid trumpet player named Danny Barker...
...coach of the team is Sergeant Waldo Phinney of the Boston Marine Corps. He is one of the finest marksmen in the East, and his broad experience adds to his value as a coach, Kurt Groote of the Naval Science department and Gilman Blake, graduate student, assist in coaching the team...
...jailhouse and let them see that Hall had told the truth. That was what he did. Still the mob did not disperse. Someone suggested that they get the women out and question them. They rushed to a window and began to hacksaw the bars. Inside, Lillian Blake and her daughter began to pray...
Meanwhile the mob had congealed in Stockton's four corners, yelling at the Negro women, asking them "How would you like to have this [rope] around your neck?" Terrified Lillian Blake promised to lead them to her man's hiding place. Someone pointed out that the two women, both barefoot, could walk faster if they were shod. A committee crowded into a store to buy shoes...
Lillian and Martha Blake did not mind being held as witnesses. They grinned with pleasure over their new shoes...