Word: lindblom
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...revolution. Dr. Hjelf said that I, fearing for my life, appealed to him, through the Finnish Foreign Office, for protection. He went on to state that he secured for me a diplomatic passport in the name of one Ernest Lindstrom, Counselor of the Ministry. Another Finnish diplomat, named Lindblom, had just died, but few knew it, and Dr. Hjelf, saying he knew the passport name of Lindstrom would certainly be mistaken for Lindblom, calmly relates that he dressed me in business suit, felt hat, colored glasses, to look like Lindblom, and that I shaved my mustache to facilitate the transformation...
...largest crowd that ever saw a schoolboy baseball game (40,000) crammed its way into the Polo Grounds, New York, to see George Washington High School win for the second year in succession the inter-city championship from Lindblom School, Chicago, 4-3. "Honey" Baker, George Washington captain and third baseman, whose two hits won the game, signed to play with the New York Yankees after the game...