Word: miles
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Between them, three years ago they performed one of the most extraordinary military feats of modern times: the great 2,000 mile retreat of a Communist army-cut off from supplies, living off the country, constantly harassed by the greatly superior forces of Chiang Kai-shek-from Fukien through western China to Shensi Province, where they set up another Communist state...
...they have been meeting in the harbors of the world but not until 1927 did lifeboat racing come into its own as an international sport. In that year the old Neptune Association, an organization of deepwater shipmasters and licensed deck officers, began holding international races of one nautical mile in New York Harbor, first of which was won by the crew of the Norwegian Segundo. In 1933, after the race had been increased to two miles. Robert L. Hague of Standard Oil Co. of N. J. donated a silver trophy to be presented to the crew which won three races...
...Ralph Flanagan, Miami free-style star, his third A.A.U. mile championship with a new world's record of 20 min. 42.6 sec., bettering Jack Medica's 1934 mark by 15.2 sec.; his second 440-yd. championship with a U. S. and meet record of 4 min. 46 sec., setting along the course a new 300 yd. U. S. record of 3 min. 14.2 sec.; his second 880-yd. championship in 10 min. 19.2 sec.: in Chicago. Backstroke Champion Adolph Kiefer lowered his own meet record in the 100-meter championship...
...White's Rosalind; the world's mile-and-a-half trotting record; with a 3:12½ victory in the $15,000 All-American Stake Handicap at the New York State Fair at Syracuse...
...minutes and a mile farther away is the next most important landing-Floyd Bennett Field off the tip of Brooklyn. Smoother than Newark, superior in equipment and less hazardous to approach, its commercial activities are confined to a single regular passenger service-one American Airliner a day to Boston-taxi services and private flying. Third field is Port Washington, a temporary base for German and British flying boats and Bermuda Clippers. The 20-mile journey from Grand Central takes just under an hour. The great runways at Mitchell Field and the smaller ones at Miller Field, Staten Island are used...