Word: herman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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When the wind is right, Herman Stiglmeier and Henry Myers get restless. They are twin brothers* with a twin ambition -to fly a glider longer than anyone else...
Finally, at 9:45, the twins flashed the ground nine times to announce that they were going to land. Said Herman, "It wasn't very healthy up there in the dark in something that didn't have a motor in it." The brothers put their plane into a dive. At 10:05 - twelve hours and 52 minutes after the take-off - they glided to a landing. They had topped the American duration record by nearly three hours...
...broke and the two would-be lifesavers found themselves testing their own dog-paddle. Minutes later Herman Herwitz of Brookline followed suit and was hauled out, clinging to the end of a ladder by members of the local gendarmerie...
Policeman's Lot. In Cincinnati, Detective Herman Kahn chased Owen Donovan up & down 25 flights of hotel stairs for an hour and a half, caught him, learned that playful Donovan "couldn't sleep and decided to get some exercise...
Show-Offs. In Indianapolis, Herman Barry and Leo DeHaven were arrested carrying off a red-hot stove...