Word: marvell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Kentucky in last week's primary first used its new election law requiring a 24-hour delay before ballot boxes were unsealed, the court begun. Senator John Marshall Robsion was unopposed for the Republican Senatorial Nomination to succeed himself. Judge Marvel Mills Logan had no opposition for the Democratic Senatorial Nomination. In only six of the state's eleven Congressional districts was it necessary to hold primaries for House nominations...
...Louise McPhetridge Thaden, noted aviatrix; a son. Last year Mrs. Thaden won the women's air derby from Santa Monica, Calif, to Cleveland, Ohio in 21 hr. 29 min. flying time; once held a women's endurance record of 22 hr. subsequently bettered by the late Marvel Crosson...
...small, dark-eyed Italian boys sat in the New York Supreme Court Chamber at Manhattan last week and heard their futures tentatively ordered by Justice Louis A. Valente. The youths were Ruggiero Ricci, 9-year-old violinist whose Eastern debut last autumn made him the musical marvel of the U. S. and his 8-year-old brother Giorgio, whose promise is little less than Ruggiero...
...father, Stevenson Crothers, shot too. So did his sister, Alice Crothers, who finished highest (161) of the three women entered for the title. Between rounds they stood near the Scoreboard watching Stevenson M. Crothers' score creep away from the other high guns; listening to other gun ners marvel at his easy style (not hunched up and strangling the gun like more ner vous men), his steadiness, his fourth triumph. Afterwards they helped him carry home his share of the $9,900 worth of prizes - a diamond medal...
...womanly feat Elinor Smith. 18, flew a Bellanca at Roosevelt Field to between 30,000 and 32,000 ft. At the top she fainted, recovering after a sharp dive. Previous female altitude record: 23,996 ft., by the late Marvel Crosson...