Word: lexington
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Boston Latin Gilligan, F. J. '32 Back 22 185 5.11 Exeter Gilligan T. W. '31 Back 20 182 6.0 Newton High Ginman, W. K. '32 Guard 20 178 5.11 Muskegon High Gleason, R. F. '32 Back 21 170 5.11 Worcester Greeley, D. McL. '31 Back 21 165 5.11 Lexington High Harding, V. M. '31 End 21 175 6.0 Exeter Harper, W. R. '30 Back 19 173 5.9 Ottumwa High Huguley, A. W. Jr. '31 Back 20 180 6.2 Milton Kuehn, G. M. '32 Tackle 19 190 6.2 Exeter Levin, H. L. '30 Tackle 21 197 6. Boston Latin Lewis...
...suspended service to send every plane on the search. Col. Lind- bergh, the line's technical advisor, and his wife flew from Long Island to hunt. The aircraft carriers Lexington and Saratoga sent ten planes from San Diego harbor; the Army sent squadrons from Texas, California, Nebraska. Western Air Express pilots, keeping up their service, had orders to deviate from their fixed routes to scan remote terrain...
...clock, 1,000 British troops fired upon the provincials. . . . Yesterday produced a scene the most shocking New England has ever beheld. . . . The first advice we had was about 8 o'clock in the morning, when it was reported that the troops had fired upon and killed five men in Lexington." Another despatch of the same date said: "The reports of the unhappy affair and the causes that concurred to bring an engagement, are so various that we are not able to collect anything consistent or regular...
...Lexington: "Now as to why I appoint only Negro youths to West Point and Annapolis. The black man has taken part in every war. . . . Until some white Congressman sees fit to recommend a Negro, I feel it my duty to recommend Negroes only, for through me is their only chance of gaining this opportunity...
Only once did the Lexington speech approximate the tenor of the Harlem address. That was when Congressman De Priest cried: "I occupy a serious position in America. The eyes of the civilized world are on Oscar De Priest. I have received more publicity than any other member of Congress. I will continue to fight for Negroes' rights in Congress and use bathrooms, barber shops and restaurants [at the Capitol] whether my colleagues like...