Word: lead
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Bitsy Grant, whom he disposed of in straight sets at Wimbledon this year, took him to five furious sets in the quarterfinals. After the semifinals, in which Budge blasted his Davis Cup teammate, Frank Parker, off one court, and von Cramm had to overcome a discouraging two-set lead to fight his way past 19-year-old Robert Riggs on another, the Budge-von Cramm match was assured but it hardly promised to be great...
Readers who read beyond this purple lead were told more soberly that Bund leaders in more than 60 camps (chiefly near New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and San Francisco) do not actually plot a revolution, but plan "to wrest control from the Communist-Jews when they start their revolution.'' The Times's investigators said that each Bund post has its select uniformed force "drilled in the goose step and . . . ready for any emergency," and that the policies of the Bund weeklies duplicate those of the Hitler-controlled press. No direct evidence connected the Bund with the German...
...only 30% complete, President Cardenas set out the accomplishments of the first three years of his six-year term: 1) the Government has nationalized 7,000 miles of railroad; 2) the National Petroleum Administration, in competition with foreign-owned companies, has strengthened the nation's oil economy, may lead to eventual nationalization of the industry; 3) agricultural production has increased. The land-division among the peons will be pushed to a conclusion; 4) the Government now has 40 tons of gold in reserve, a coverage of almost 40% on outstanding banknotes. This was the first time in Mexico...
...Bendix, gaudy, onetime Winner Roscoe Turner was eliminated before the start when his ship caught fire on the ground at Los Angeles. For a time the lead was held by Jacqueline Cochran Odlum, wife of investment trust Tycoon Floyd B. Odlum, only woman entered. She reached Cleveland in third place, won $3,000 plus $2,500 offered to the first woman to finish. The $5,000 second prize went to Earl Ortman of Los Angeles, who nearly lost consciousness for lack of oxygen when he mounted to 22,000 ft. over Kansas to avoid a storm. Winner was wealthy Sportsman...
...Custer County. Idaho, the ghost town of White Knob, once "the premier lead, copper, and silver camp of the West" was offered for sale to make up delinquent taxes. In 1915 it was sold for $440,000. In 1928 it was sold for $150,000. Last week there were no bidders for White Knob...