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After the gruesome race riot at Elaine, Ark. in 1919, when more than 200 Negroes and three white men were killed, White made his usual trip south. He interviewed Charles H. Brough, the unsuspecting governor of Arkansas, and in the midst of his on-the-spot investigation, he learned that a mob had been tipped off and was looking for him. White prudently caught the first train for Memphis, although the conductor urged him to stay and see the fun. "There's a damned yellow nigger down here passing for white," he said, "and the boys are going...
...thrust 40,000 lbs.) fired all together, and the sled leaped down the rails, leaving behind ; huge cloud of smoke and overtaking a jetplane flying overhead. When the rocket: burned out. the sled was moving at 63 m.p.h. Then the water brake took hold throwing fountains of spray, and brough it to a rapid stop...
Playing in a gusty wind that disturbed her usually impeccable game, Maureen ("Little Mo") Connolly outlasted California's Louise Brough in the women's finals, 6-2, 7-5, and won the Wimbledon singles title for the third straight year...
Wight man Cup team of Maureen Connolly, Louise Brough and Doris Hart played lackluster tennis against a team of British youngsters, slipped and skidded over rain-drenched courts, but won all its matches and took home the tall silver trophy for the 18th consecutive year...
...Florida's Doris Hart and Ohio's Shirley Fry, the National women's doubles title, by beating California's Louise Brough and Maureen Connolly, 10-8, 6-4; at Brookline...