Word: boye
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...criminal before, and Sayward, interviewed at the Bank, was positive he would recognize the man again. Pictures of both students and employees will be examined in the next few days in an effort to identify him. He was described as fairly tall, young, and "dressed like an East Boston boy might think a Harvard student dressed...
Died. Major General John Lincoln Clem. 85, U.S.A. retired, "Drummer Boy of Chickamauga"; in San Antonio. Tex. Last Civil War veteran on the active list (until 1916), and youngest U. S. soldier ever to win a sergeant's chevrons. Orphan John Clem joined the Army by stowing away at 10 in a baggage car bound for a mobilization camp at Covington. Ky. He met the Civil War President in 1864, and decided to take Lincoln for his middle name...
Colonel Wise got started shark-fishing as a boy off the Virginia Capes, when he threw a weakfish out for a big Hammerhead shark and was towed around for miles in his dory. He learned to chum for the brutes with fresh-killed fish, preferably good oily and bloody ones. He learned how to cure a hooked shark of sulking on the bottom: send a lively crab down the line to pinch his nose...
...guitar and whistle like a bird. But shortly after it was published in 1855 Winner sold his copyright on Listen to the Mocking Bird for $5. Lee & Walker, the purchasers, made a fortune. The song sold over 20,000,000 copies, was a favorite of Edward VII as a boy. Lincoln said: "It is as sincere and sweet as the laughter of a little girl at play." Many an ante-bellum baby was named after Hally, the fictitious girl over whom the song moons...
...than any of their rivals. At last week's convention in Manhattan, Warner executives boasted about $5,000,000 worth of stories already on their shelves to choose from. This year's 60 Warner productions will include eleven Manhattan plays, among them Tovarich, Yes, My Darling Daughter, Boy Meets Girl, White Horse Inn, On Your Toes. Also scheduled are two Technicolor pictures ; The Story of Emile Zola, to go with last year's Louis Pasteur; 17 pictures based on popular books...