Word: nap
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Year and a half ago Napoleon ("Nap") Verville of Edmonton, Alberta, had ten toes and a desire to see whether Eskimos were living on Melville Island, 1,500 mi. due north of Edmonton. Last week he was back in Edmonton with seven toes and an exciting report of hardy misadventure...
...Nap Verville* left from Selwood Bay in his 45-ft. motored schooner Dora. With him were Alex ("Sandy") Austin, 21, and some Husky dogs. To get to Melville Island the party had to skirt the westerly shore of Banks Island, the westernmost of the stupendous archipelago which clutters the Arctic north of Canada. Off Banks Island an ice floe struck the Dora, shoved her completely over an uncharted islet, cracked her beyond repair. The two men managed to reach big Banks Island with sledges & dogs, proceeded northward, sheltering themselves in snow-block houses, cooking only one meal...
When they reached the north shore of Banks Island, it was still summer, with eight hours of daylight. Said Nap Verville last week: "There's grass there and flowers that look like little daisies, some yellow and some white. There are willows there, too. I don't suppose that is their real name, but I call them underground willows. They only grow about an inch high and then turn back under ground and run along for several feet and come up again...
Next day the House passed the Patman Bonus bill (209-10-176). The B. E. F. turned its attention to the less friendly Senate. From their Anacostia camp tattered jobless veterans marched by thousands to the Capitol. They packed into the Senate galleries. They flopped down in corridors to nap. They swarmed over the wide Capitol steps. They sprawled on the grass. They packed the plaza. They sang and joked. By dusk there were close to 10,000 of them in & around the Capitol. Shortly after 8 p. m. their comrades in the Senate Chamber flashed out the news?...
...this group spent most of their time in or near the dressing room of Eddie Flynn, a Loyola University dentistry student who was defending his championship in the 147-lb. class. Flynn, a better boxer than most professionals, won his semi-final bout and then lay down to nap on a rubbing table while his trainer explained that Flynn was 22 years old and married, that he earned $60 a month as a janitor, that he had no intention of becoming a professional. Presently Flynn swung himself off the rubbing bench, walked out to the ring and retained his title...