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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Duchess, the Rightists have planted more than 20 large guns of German make in the hills around Algeciras, commanding Gibraltar; a number of long-range 5.9-inch weapons have been installed along the coast "so placed that they could drop shells in Gibraltar but yet are invisible from the highest point on the rock": nine naval-type guns are located on Punta Carnero, on the west side of Gibraltar bay, and at least one 15-inch weapon on a high peak near Alcála de los Gazules, some 40 miles inland; 45 more guns, ranging in size from...
...Highest price ever paid lor a thoroughbred is $300,000. Last week Martin Benson, London bookmaker, paid that amount for undefeated Xearco, an Italian horse who won the Grand Prix at Paris last fortnight, his 14th victory in a row. Only other $300,000 purchase price was for Call Boy, 1927 Epsom Derby winner...
...ring at Utica, Mich. last week, Joe Louis put Bing Crosby through a few paces. Bing Crosby is a five-gaited saddle horse and Joe Louis was riding him in the highest-toned Negro horse show ever held...
...come here to vilify or castigate Professor Gellermann. . . . The highest evaluation that can be placed on his literary effort is to say that it represents the puny product of a small mind." N. E. A.'s delegates cheered. Mr. Doherty dismissed Professor Counts by remarking that he was an adviser to the Moscow Summer School, to Professor Gellermann's charges, retorted that the Legion was democratically controlled by its 11,444 posts, today has the highest membership in its history-935,829. Added Lawyer Doherty: "I am just a humble Legionnaire. . . . I know that I have no connection...
...Where, it was announced last week, he has the highest intelligence quotient...