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...they learned to read. When they were babies instead of reading nursery rhymes I read the advance sheets of the Supreme Court to them. They liked blood and thunder so I read them the records of criminal trials. Since they were youngsters they have carried guns and are expert marksmen. Once, when they threw the Christmas tree through the front window when the weather was near zero, it was hard not to say anything. But I didn't even turn my head...
...perfect score is more a matter of steady nerves than skillful marksmanship, which most Vandalia shooters take for granted. It gets harder with every target. Young Olds was relieved when he missed his 96th. Then he hit three more for 99 and the $1,000 first prize, with two marksmen tied for second...
...base they had dropped their bombs, mostly in Chaoyang, the gateway to Jehol. This bombing was most unfortunate, Japanese Press spokesmen said, but what else could bombing planes engaged upon a peaceful "reconnaissance" do when wantonly fired upon by Chinese soldiers from the ground? If they fired, the Chinese marksmen brought down no Japanese plane. But the Japanese bombs killed scores of Chinese, wrecked the ordnance factory at Chaoyang. Chinese claimed that after the Japanese airmen had dropped 30 bombs they lingered over the city, spraying it indiscriminately with their machine guns...
...chains, butted down one wall of his barn, wandered outside. There he amused himself by tearing a door from the barn, tossing it around, while Owners O'Grady & Gray telephoned for police. Ten police sharpshooters went to the scene, hesitated to shoot because of the crowd. Amateur marksmen had to be restrained. Mayor George Baker forbade an execution, but ordered a machine gun squad to stand guard while steel cables were fashioned into nooses. Hay was spread over the nooses, the cable ends fastened to trucks. Tusko reached for the hay, the trucks pulled the nooses tight around...
...whole the shooting did not come up to last year's standard. J. A. Booth '33, with 96 out of a possible 100 points, obtained the best individual score of the meet. T. C. Buckley '32, and K. R. Ludiam '33, who have also qualified as expert marksmen, both shot considerably below their usual standard. Samuel Powel, Jr. '32 and W. M. Wing '31 were the two regular members of the team missed yesterday. Trinity's high man, Laubin, who shot a 98 last year, only obtained a 92 yesterday. Springfields and Kraggs were the two types of .30 calibre...