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...Japan. His son, Vadim Stefan Makaroff, first arrived in the U. S. in 1917 as assistant naval attache at Washington, returned to help Admiral Kolchak fight the Bolsheviks. Back in the U. S. in 1921 to get a job. he worked for Midwest Refining Co., helped introduce the diamond drill, perfected a system of freezing orange juice in paper containers, organized Makaroff & Co. which became one of the biggest U. S. caviar importing companies, married A. & P. Heiress Josephine Hartford ("Jo") O'Donnell...
Black Shirt henchmen said that the precise degree of dedication is calculated from the number of meetings a Mosleyite has attended, his degree of proficiency in Fascist drill and the amount of his success in selling by door-to-door canvassing methods Sir Oswald's party organ, The Black Shirt...
When asked the length and importance of his spring practice Harlow said that at Western Maryland he was accustomed to drill his players for about three and a half weeks in the spring, and that spring workouts were especially important when a new regime went into office...
Coach Wes Fesler had his men drill for the Jumbo zone defense yesterday, and polished off his rotating attack which now concentrates on getting the two tall men, Bill Gray and Captain Dick Boys, down under the opponents basket with the greatest possible speed...
...Washington County, Ohio, three years ago J. W. Yerian, 61, and John Hupp, 69, onetime oil-riggers, went to the poorhouse to live. Last summer their Superintendent smiled indulgently when they cackled of oil in the back yard, gave them permission to drill. From grinning neighbors they borrowed drill and engine. Fuel they had none till they discovered and worked a seam of coal on the grounds. Three weeks of drilling and they struck oil-30 barrels a day. Last week Superintendent and neighbors grinned no more when Yerian & Hupp turned down $10,000 for the well, organized Pauper...