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...article written by the uninspired hand of a man could be more faithful to fact and truth than your Aug. 1 review of Cordell Hull's life. When I was a lad, the Hull family were neighbors. I knew them well. Your picture of Billy Hull is true to life . . . Likewise, the word picture of the career of Cordell Hull does not depart from fact and truth. It reveals the heart and mind of him -America's most respected statesman of modern times...
Although he tried his hand at oceangoing yachts, notably his own Vigilant (1930), Fox's best designs were sailing dinghies and small, trim sloops. In 1928 he designed the Avenger, an "International Fourteen" dinghy with a planing hull that made it a sure winner before the wind. In 57 starts. Avenger collected 52 firsts, two seconds and three thirds...
After the war, with the growing demand for a sleek, easily handled racing yacht, Uffa Fox came into his own. He designed the "Flying Fifteen,": a slim. 20-ft.-keel sloop carrying 155 sq. ft. of sail, with a planing hull. By 1948 the Flying Fifteens were the rage among racers (including Prince Philip), became a standard feature at Cowes. With more than 2.000 Fox-designed yachts afloat throughout the world (but few in the U.S.), Uffa has no trouble keeping up his credit at the pubs of Gowes. When the weather prohibits sailing, he rides Frantic, his mare, around...
...rest of his life, Cordell Hull was in and out of the hospital, growing steadily feebler, suffering from diabetes and arteriosclerosis, often on the point of death but always able to call upon his Tennessee toughness to pull him through. Last week, at 83, in the U.S. hospital at Bethesda, Md., Hull fell into a coma. He did not awaken...
Died. Cordell Hull, 83, longtime (1933-44) Secretary of State under the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt; in Bethesda, Md. (see NATIONAL AFFAIRS...