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...trio had been after at the N.Y.A.C. Room 1903 was one of a suite occupied by Frank Erickson, reputed to be New York's wealthiest bookmaker, said by Mayor LaGuardia to be a "bum." A zipper bag which the gunmen had left behind them held black masks, wire, cord, wads of cotton-elaborate paraphernalia for a holdup...
...with food for the immediate present, Germany with promises of future prosperity and aggrandizement. But if Germany loses this skirmish, she may by-pass Spain and reach for the coast of West Africa, where she would be in a position to cut the Cape-route lifeline and draw the cord of strangulation tighter about Britain's neck...
...about the first ten minutes of the varsity game it looked as if the Crimson might be on the way to an upset. Captain Pren Willetts took the puck from scrimmage, hesitated a split second, and fired a low shot past the Eli goaler, Cord Meyer, into the corner of the cage...
After a while I thought about pulling the rip cord. "What about giving the old 'brolly' a tryout?" I thought. . . . The canopy streamed out, there was a hard jerk, and there I was right side up, quite comfortable and floating slowly, oh! so slowly, earthwards. I was about 9-10,000 ft. so I had fallen free for about 8 or 9,000 ft. (from 18,000 ft.) and might have fallen further with advantage. ... A Spitfire dived down past me with a high pitched whine, but that was the only disturbance...
This stand was indicated by Secretary of State Cord ell Hull who advised Chairman Martin Dies he must make his won decision on whether to hold such meetings...