Word: florida
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...this stinking state of affairs, Jersey Citizens had, as usual, to thank their perennial mayor, Frank ("I am the Law") Hague. Boss Hague did not have to hold his nose; vacationing in Florida, his only problem was to get to Hialeah in time for the first race. Boss Hague left the worrying to a trusted lieutenant, one Michael A. Scatuorchio, who has grown fat and rich collecting Jersey City's garbage for the last 24 years...
...Miami real-estate offices it seemed like old times, almost like 1925 Florida boom times. Phones rang, telegrams poured in, buyers haggled over prices. Deals were closed, and at fancy prices, compared even to a year ago. Piling up fat commissions, brokers happily pondered the new Florida real-estate boom...
...theaters in New York, Ohio, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland, lolled in Miami. When asked what he did up north, he retorted, "I sit and watch snowflakes slide down windowpanes. What else is there to do in the North?" But he hinted that he would not be so idle in Florida. After the war he plans to build an addition to the Roney Plaza, and double its capacity...
Neither Roebling nor Whitney races in Florida. So Ted now free-lances at rates from $10 to $35 a race, depending on the purse and finish. He also gets the standard 10% of winnings. Most jockeys ride twelve times a week. He averages 32. His explanation: "The more I ride, the better I ride." In six years, he has ridden 5,000 races, won about...
...months ago, 144 put in at a Florida base for repairs. Another C-54 rolled up beside her, needing a new landing-gear nosewheel. Repairmen looted 144. Their idea was that a new parts shipment could re-equip 144 later...