Word: fleetly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Burns '28 found both the Maine catchers to his liking, and added three stolen bases to his long list of thefts. The fleet center fielder pilfered second and third in succession in one inning. Jones, too, showed his speed by committing larceny of the rubber plate that marks home on Soldiers Field...
...Appearing at an inspection of the Spanish fleet in a baggy flannel suit and floppy soft hat, whereas the King and all others present were in full uniform...
Parades, speeches, photographings, all were occasioned by the visit of the U. S. Fleet to New York. After maneuvers in the Caribbean (TIME, March 23) 116 battleships, cruisers, destroyers, carrying 2,277 officers and some 30,000 sailors had reached New York for a 16-day stay...
...Blue-eyed, ruddy-faced, bushy-mustached, he looks the sea-dog's part, is brave and modest, has been termed a "huge, friendly fire-eater." As Commander of the U. S. S. New York he received the Distinguished Service Medal for "exceptionally meritorious service" with the British Grand Fleet in the North Seas. In 1918 hs became Rear Admiral; in 1925 he was made Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Battle Fleet, succeeding Admiral Samuel S. Robison, his brother-in-law. Admirals Hughes and Robison both married daughters of the late Rear Admiral Charles E. Clark, who commanded...
...little child shall lead them-a little girl child, dressed in white linen and lifting her head, blonde and bobbed, high above the multitude. Strong men shall weep and cameras shall click, for Christianity in the person of Uldine Utley is coming to the United States Fleet. When the sinning tar cries out "What shall I do to be saved"? his prophet will reply in soft feminine tones, histrionically imitative of the sensuous Semple McPherson and-of Sharon Falconer...