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...Jackspot," a shoal 22 miles off Ocean City, Md., fishermen last week repeatedly broke the record for numbers of white marlin boated in one day out of one port. From 41 the record leaped to 73, to 123. Fisherman Franklin Roosevelt had his sea gear loaded aboard the Potomac, sped to "The Jackspot" for the weekend. Trolling from the Potomac's stern, while men all around him caught marlin, Mr. Roosevelt got skunked...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Face Saved | 8/7/1939 | See Source »

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