Word: fifths
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Northward in a special car journeyed President & Mrs. Hoover, the Attorney-General Mitchells, the Secretary of Agriculture Hydes. and few more. At Philadelphia they detrained informally and proceeded to Shibe Park to see the fifth game of the world series (see p. 66). As the party entered their bunting-draped box, a victrola attached to an amplifier blared "Hail to the Chief," while the crowd cheered. When in a pandemoniac last inning rally, the Athletics won the game and series,' the President smiled, clapped politely...
Elisabeth Morrow, returning with her Ambassador father to Mexico, said she would teach English to fifth graders in Mexico City's public schools. Her plan: to establish some day a school of her own for boys and girls in Manhattan...
...Fifth Game. President Hoover, after watching a pitcher's battle apparently won by Pat Malone (Chicago), was getting up to go when Philadelphia's "Mule" Haas came up to bat in the ninth inning and knocked a straight pitch over the right field fence, bringing in Bishop and tying the score. By slaps and gesticulations, since words could not be heard, Cubs tried to make Malone feel better, but his nerve was gone. He took a long breath, got rid of Mickey Cochrane on a grounder; burly Simmons doubled. Joe McCarthy signalled to pass Foxx. While the crowd...
...Cream. The advertising advertised her as well as the products so that in 1927 she was able to sell Liberty a story called "What's the Matter with American Men?" which lauded foreign bachelors. Her career also includes going to night clubs, attending Broadway openings, working for Saks Fifth Avenue, Manhattan smartmart and such odd jobs as chaperoning Aviatrix Ruth Elder, to whom she introduced her curious and well-bred friends. Sad though her story might be to a gum-chewing public, Miss Oelrichs has declared that she enjoys her life, including the moneymaking...
National Air Tour (Ford Reliability Trophy). From Detroit last week started a great caravan of 20 competing planes plus ten press and service planes. They constituted the fifth annual national air tour and were competing for the Edsel Ford Reliability Trophy and $16,000 in prizes. During 16 days they were to stop at 32 Canadian and U. S. cities...