Word: hussar
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...proud role of telling Englishmen that Germany is out for naval parity with them in the North Sea fell last week to that astute young scion of Prussia's old nobility, monocled Joachim von Ribbentrop who, after coming unscathed through the War as a swank Torgau Hussar, was briefly reduced to selling whiskey...
Failing to justify their three goal handicap the Harvard Varsity pole men went down to defeat before a marksman-like 110th Cavalry Hussar trio by a 13 1-2 to 6 score. Captain Tommy Davis, high scorer for the Crimson malletmen with three goals, led the offense throughout the game, but found the hard playing and accurate hitting of his erstwhile teammate, Billy McGuckin and his cohorts too much for a disorganized Varsity trio...
Handsomely arrayed in the uniform of a Royal Hussar, the tallest of the King's tall sons received a warm greeting from Governor General Sir Isaac Isaacs, a tumultuous welcome from half a million cheering Australians. That Prince Henry, 34, is being groomed for the Governor Generalship was last week no State secret. Grand climax of the Melbourne Centennial-the one thing which last week was of interest to all the world-was the MacRobertson Trophy Race from Mildenhall to Melbourne...
...those U. S. submarines went to the bottom (TIME, Oct. 5, 1925; Dec. 26, 1927). His father, a diver called "Big Charley," was killed working in the Great Lakes, and "Big Charley's" father also lost his life diving. Roy Hansen counts on a generous cut of the Hussar's riches to retire...
...swirling tide. Though the depth was never more than 112 ft., Hansen thought it the nastiest job of his career, said he was bumped against rocks and whirled around until he was groggy. By week's end he had encountered six drowned hulks, identified none as the Hussar. But Diver Hansen appraised as practically nil the chances of the rival Josephine, whose backers remained anonymous last week. Wearing ordinary diving-suits, the Josephine's divers worked only during slack tide, 20 min. twice...