Word: confirm
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...luxurious cabin of his plane when it took off but perched up beside the pilot. A story flew through Prague that the pilot, when found dead, had a bullet through his head. Even if this were true no coroner of Zlin could be expected to confirm a fact so damaging to the House of Bat'a. The bullet story was officially and vehemently denied...
...notion of making a President, Mr. McAdoo was ready to swing Texas and California to Roosevelt and thus bury the hatchet?in Al Smith's back. At this news Mr. Howe's wrinkled face wrinkled even more. Reaching for the telephone, he called Governor Roosevelt in Albany to confirm the deal. The Governor would be delighted to have Speaker Garner on the ticket with him. Convinced of Governor Roosevelt's good faith, the McAdoo visitors withdrew to execute the details of State caucuses. Mr. Howe informed Jim Farley, two flights up, of their candidate's prospective victory. Mr. Farley...
...Sharkey's boxing at long range, thought he won easily. Most reporters and spectators sitting close to the ring thought Schmeling had done more damage, that Sharkey, after being ahead at the seventh round was beaten at the finish Radio Announcers Charles Francis Coe and Graham McNamee helped confirm the ringside impression that Schmeling had won. Mayor James J. Walker did not help matters by jumping into the ring and blurting through a microphone that "Schmeling should have won." Schmeling's nervous, hard-boiled little manager, Joe Jacobs, asserted that his fighter had been "robbed," implied that...
Major Apted refused to confirm the statement that he would act as umpire, although he added his approval of the game as one directly concerned...
...last year sailed the Shamrock V back to England when she made her record-breaking voyage. It is expected that the other entertainer will be a prestidegitator of no mean repute, although the Chairman of the Smoker committee, R. A. Kidder, Jr. '35 did not officially confirm this rumor. At the Smoker ash trays with the inscription 'Class Smoker, 1935' will be given out, along with tabacco, but there is no indication that there will be an informal supper served afterwards as was once planned...