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...hitherto unpublished work of: Eugene O'Neill, John Dos Passos, Ernest Heminway, Robert Hillyer, William Ellery Leonard, Louis Untermeyer, Witter Bynner, Elizabeth Madox Roberts and others. This is the first year book of American literature and is highly recommended by Carl Van Doren, Elinor Wylie, Glenn Frank, Zona Gale and Hendrick Willem Van Loon...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Fall Books of Distinction AT THE COOP | 10/17/1927 | See Source »

Floods came, winds blew and beat upon the golfers at Port-marnock, Ireland. Players were wrenched from their stances, so fierce was the gale sweeping in from the Irish Sea. The luncheon tent was blown away in large ribbons. Ernest Whitcombe, one of the best, took five shots to reach one green in the teeth of the tumult. Larry Nabholtz, U. S. professional, "picked up" after a morning round of 91. Wild Bill Melhorn, only other U. S. entrant, took an excellent 82 on the final round but his aggregate was 324, out of the running. Only three players broke...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Irish Open Golf | 8/29/1927 | See Source »

...until July 5. We wired you immediately that Miss Fuller has never been married and that Mr. Stedman has been dead for years. Miss Fuller was Mr. Stedman's secretary and was with him all the last years preceding his death, except when temporarily relieved by Miss Zona Gale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 15, 1927 | 8/15/1927 | See Source »

Purposeful, he tore through the gale at 100 miles an hour?finally sighting and circling over Ocotal. "Click" went the small, simple mechanism of his bomb release. Far below, masses of men became suddenly red, formless and conglomerate. Within half an hour a flock of black vultures were coasting down through the hot, cruel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NICARAGUA: Marines Rescued | 8/1/1927 | See Source »

...from Detroit to New England, down the coast to Baltimore, cross country via Pittsburgh and Cleveland into Michigan again, back south to Dayton, Louisville, Dallas, Tulsa and thence up the continent to Detroit. Henry Ford, watching the pilots jockey their controls to keep even keels in the rain and gale at the finish, said: "This shows the reliability of the airplane, if anything does." Edsel Ford met with the Tour pilots at a hotel banquet and presented the Ford trophy to "Dean of Pilots" Eddie Stinson. Detroit cherished a rumor that businessmen were going to send Pilot Stinson...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AERONAUTICS: Reliability Tour | 7/25/1927 | See Source »

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