Word: fla
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...March 4, Alfred Emanuel Smith stayed in bed till 10 a.m. at West Palm Beach, Fla. Cornered by newsgatherers he said, "Well, I'd forgotten the date. It is really March 4 now, isn't it? No, I don't think I shall tune in. What I want to do is shoot some golf." Asked if he had sent a message to Mr. Hoover, he answered, "Why should I bother him to read a telegram from me? I called on him a while ago personally and gave him my good wishes." Out on the golf course while...
...Haven, Conn. 600-yd. free style-Ray Ruddy, 7:13; in New Haven, Conn. 800-yd. free style-Ray Ruddy, 9:451/5; in New Haven, Conn. Automobiles: A measured mile-Major H. O. D. Seagrave in the "Golden Arrow"; 15.41 sec. average (231.3624 m.p.h.); at Daytona Beach. Fla...
Died. Thomas ("Fatty") Walsh, alleged narcotic ringmaster, onetime bodyguard of the late murdered Manhattan gambler, Arnold Rothstein; by murder; in the Miami Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables, Fla...
...Petersburg, Fla., one Mrs. S. C. George of Detroit, bathing in the ocean, found herself beyond her depth, cried for help. On shore, Surf Fisherman S. J. Oakes comprehending the situation at once, cast his line at Mrs. George, hooked her in the finger, reeled...
...Fort Myers, Fla., last week, Motorman Henry Ford talked of a world-wide Ford factory system. Said he: "I am frank to admit that I am an internationalist." He predicted Ford plants in France, in Russia, in Ireland, in South America and in other (unspecified) countries...