Word: del
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...company built by a young man. On March 4, 1929, while bands and flags and soldiers led Herbert Hoover to his oath of office, young George Lewis Ohrstrom, 35 then, was interested in a less publicized matter. On that historic day he was occupied with incorporation details at Wilmington, Del. Birthday of Hoover Prosperity, it was also birthday...
...Myrtle Huddleston is the world's champion endurance swimmer among women. Five years ago. aged 30, she took her first swimming lesson. The next year she swam 36 miles across Catalina Channel in 20 hr., 42 min. She won the ocean championship at Del Ray Beach, Fla., in 1928. when she swam for 31 hr., 18 min. Since then. Mrs. Huddleston has been immersed in various bodies of water more frequently and for longer periods than anyone else of her sex. Most protracted was her sojourn in a Coney Island swimming pool which lasted...
...Artemisa in Pinar del Rio eight young student insurrectos were ambushed by Government troops...
...this revolution he had made peace with Menocal and joined his forces, partly through a mutual hatred of Machado the Rooster, and partly because -Que Diablo!-a good revolution doesn't come every day. Federal troops cornered the white-haired old warrior near Los Palacios in Pinar del Rio. He escaped to the hills on horseback with 22 followers. Again there was a traitor. The Federals followed to Peraza's secret camp on Toro Hill. There was a rush, a rattle of musketry. Ten were shot where they lay, ten were captured, two escaped. The old man reached...
...story behind his success is one which bald, smiling School Builder Betelle, eschewing the characteristic reticence of most successful architects, takes pleasure in reciting. Born to a disadvantaged family in Wilmington, Del. 52 years ago, he got his early training in a Philadelphia drafting room. In 1900 he went to Manhattan to work for famed Cass Gilbert. He saved his money, worked hard, went abroad in 1905. Five years later he formed a partnership with Ernest F. Guilbert, moved to a small office in Newark. They plugged along until 1916, when Mr. Guilbert died. Builder Betelle went...