Word: johannesburger
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Africa," said Juan Trippe magniloquently, "will no longer be the Dark Continent." To help illuminate it, Trippe's Pan American Airways last week started direct service between New York City and Johannesburg, via the Azores and Dakar. The new route, 1,000 miles shorter than the old one via Lisbon, will reduce flying time to about 44 hours. Round-trip fare...
Road to Riches. In Johannesburg, the city council finally learned why some local road building was proceeding so slowly: people kept finding gold in the crushed rock...
...lyrical over what he sees. "Water," says Pieter, "seems to give off vibrations which appear like beams of moonlight striking through a window pane. A gold reef appears like a black ridge. Diamonds give off individual vibrations. I cannot explain them." A Johannesburg mining syndicate was well content to let the explanations go, provided Pieter's sharp eyes continued to seek out treasures. They put the boy under contract as a dowser...
Byeways. He lived as befitted a Randlord. He acquired a stable of 30 horses, raced them in England. "Byeways," the Erleigh estate north of Johannesburg, grew along with New Union Goldfields. A swimming pool was built, then a small theater...
Bobby Locke plans to stay around for at least three more tournaments before returning to his home in Johannesburg. He expects to be back in the U.S. for the golden 1948 winter circuit...