Word: mins
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paavo Nurmi: a two-mile race at Helsingfors, Finland; in 8 min., 59 3/5 sec., a world's record (Nurmi's twelfth...
...Dorade, 52-ft. yawl sailed by Olin J. Stephens II & crew of seven: a race from Newport, R. I. to Plymouth, England, in 17 days, 2 hr., 14 min. Shrewd, 22-year-old Skipper Stephens gambled on a northern course, caught following winds most of the way. Partner in a Manhattan firm of naval architects, he designed Dorade last year, is part owner with his father who was one of his crew. Second in the race was Richard F. Lawrence's Skål; third Paul D. Rust Jr.'s Amberjack II. William Roos's sloop Lismore...
...cement international relations, not to advance the cause of commercial aviation, not for money or glory, James Goodwin Hall, War pilot, flew last week from Long Island to Havana in 23 min. less than Captain Frank Hawks's record, and back in 8 min. more than the Hawks' record. His cause: to arouse interest in "The Crusaders," anti-Prohibition organization of which he is Manhattan chieftain. His plane, a fast Lockheed Altair painted yellow, blue & white, bears on its side the shield of the Crusaders with the legend "Help End Prohibition...
...British .22 calibre rifle team: a match against the U. S., at Bisley Camp, England, 3,927 to 3,925 ¶Eleanor Holm, slim, blonde-haired swimming champion: a new world's record (4 min., 47 sec.) for the 300 metres back stroke, surpassing her own previous record of 4 min., 49 2/5 sec.; at Glen Cove...
There was beautiful precision to the first stage of the flight. The Fort Worth climbed out of Seattle's Boeing Field before dawn, kept rendezvous with her trimotored Ford refuel plane over Fairbanks that evening only 30 min. behind time. Throttled down to comparatively slow speeds the planes flew together while the Fort Worth drained 200 gal. from her nurse above. Then both flew on to Nome, made contact again in a brisk wind. A load of 435 gal. was needed to complete the flight. After taking 300 gal. the Fort Worth became unmanageable in the wind. Robbins & Jones...