Word: carles
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Hugo Eckener, the Graf Zeppelin's designer, commander and world navigator, was twice a godfather. A pass in the Coast Range of mountains east of San Diego, over which he sailed three weeks ago, was named Eckener Pass by Major Carl Spats, Army flyer, and Commander Van Arnauld de la Perier of the German cruiser Emden. In dedication they flew over the pass, dropped a parachute with a, German and a U. S. flag attached. The 'other christening was by Luft Hansa, German air transport company, who named one of its huge new trimotored Rohrback-Romar transoceanic planes...
...Eddyville, Ky., Carl Hord, 27, murderer of a grocer, sat in an electric chair. When the switch was thrown, 2,000 volts went through his body. Murderer Hord slumped, then straightened up. "Boys," he remarked, "I'm not dead...
Grinning but disappointed were Serg. Jens B. Jensen, U. S. Cavalry, & Capt. Walter A. Wood Jr., U. S. Engineers, when Serg. Carl J. Cagle, U. S. Marine Corps, snatched from them the Leech Cup. All three had scored a perfect 105 but Mariner Cagle's shots had bored closest to the centre of the bull...
Eugene Victor Debs came with Socialism. George Spoor and E. H. Ahmet took pictures that moved ("Essanay") of Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin. Eddie Foy tried to stop the fire-panic at the Iroquois Theatre. Carl Sandburg and Edgar Lee Masters got an audience denied in the East. Three young businessmen began Rotary...
Henry Justin Smith, 54, spouts quips from a dry, poker face. He is 1) author of this book's Introduction and Part II, 2) Poet Carl Sandburg's proud "boss," managing editor of the Chicago Daily News. That Mr. Smith makes no attempt to glorify his city is a sign of the regeneration of U. S. editors...