Word: earls
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...Goodwins did not always feed on misery. Once they were fertile land known to the Kentish peasants as Lomea (The Low Island), and belonged to Earl Godwine, friend of Edward the Confessor. One legend says that Godwine, hard-pressed by his enemies, vowed to the Virgin that if he got back to Lomea he would build a steeple to Tenterden Church; when he escaped he forgot the vow. Another version: that the Abbot of Canterbury built the steeple from money intended for the island's dikes...
...famed Jazz Pianist Earl ("Father") Hines...
...Died. Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (Stanley Baldwin), 80, thrice Prime Minister of Great Britain; in Stourport-on-Severn (see FOREIGN NEWS...
...more a tobogganing and skating hangout than a ski resort. Although Mount Marcy, White Race, and Mount Jo have the best skiing in the Adirondacks, high living expenses, slow rope tow service, and difficult transportation facilities keep skiing at a minimum in this area.Skiing Photographs in this issue by Earl Scott '40Hillman's Highway, Mt. Washington, Now Hampshire, as soon from the ravine shelter, presents a formidable spectacle even to the expert...
President Truman is expected to introduce the universal training measure to Congress in early January. The proposal is backed by the President, former Justice Roberts, Governors Thomas Dewey and Earl Warren, and the American Legion...