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...evidence as a result of the morning tiff between the first two elevens. Faxon received an eye injury which will not permit him to get into any hard workout for about a week, while Batchelder and Moushegian were shaken up enough so as to be excused from the afternoon drill. Gildea reported with a leg injury, sustained in the previous day's practice, and also will remain out of harness for about a week...
Some promotions to the first squad may be forthcoming in the next few days because Coach Horween, after a short drill with his own charges in the afternoon, went over to watch Coach Knox's seconds scrimmage among themselves...
Director Woodcock was ready to move into his new offices on the fifth floor of the Southern Railway building (Commissioner Doran was two floors below him). Aged 46, bachelor, Methodist, Lieutenant Colonel in the A. E. F. with a reputation as a hard drill master, able lawyer, Director Woodcock had served eight years as U. S. District Attorney at Baltimore. His home is at Salisbury on Maryland's "Eastern Shore." Tall and thin with sharp aggressive features, he believes in Prohibition with all his heart. He was at first reluctant to take this new post, but when...
With characteristic Carter thoroughness he will drill a great circle of test holes about the cemetery, gradually work toward the centre. If the drills bring up interesting material, excavations will begin...
...through night clouds over London. Not the least talk-provoking thing about Hell's Angels was its producer, young, thin, awkward, very rich, slightly deaf, mentally energetic Howard Hughes, nephew of Novelist Rupert Hughes. His late father controlled a patent on a device necessary to every oil-well drill. With nothing to do. young Hughes became interested in aviation arid the cinema. He produced two successful silent pictures, Two Arabian Knights and The Racket. Then he decided to make a great air picture. He spent $2,000,000 on Hell's Angels. Two flyers died in action before...