Word: norfolkers
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...TIME Norfolk, Va. The News-Magazine Aug. 29, 1925 Sirs...
...prosecutor. Lieutenant Horan of the Marine Corps was counsel for the defense. Miss Anderson testified that, at Guantanamo, she received a package as a gift from a friend; she did not open it, but packed it in her chest on her return to this country. A customs inspector at Norfolk opened the chest, the package, found seven quart bottles-gin, rye, Scotch, Bacardi, crème de menthe. Said her counsel: "The court may wonder why her woman's curiosity did not cause her to look into the package, but her testimony is unimpeached." In 15 minutes, the court...
...Gibbon's chief claim to fame is the fact that he lasted 15 dubiously honest rounds with Dempsey at Shelby (TIME, July 16, 1923). He has knocked out a great company of inferior fighters, his most glorious victories having been over William Miske, Kid Norfolk, Georges Carpentier. Now 36, his ring career is doubtless done...
...Virginia Country Club at Richmond was the next opponent. The Southerners lost all the singles matches, but managed to gain one point as the result of a victory over Whitbeck and Cummings in doubles. The following day at the Norfolk Country Club in Norfolk another complete whitewash was chalked...
...left New York on Jan. 18. Her engines broke down at Philadelphia. On the way to Norfolk, the crew set fire to the forecastle trying to keep themselves warm. At Havana, the vessel was held for debts. At Kingston (Jamaica), a new firebox had to be installed. At Colon (Canal Zone), the Secretary General of the Association quarreled with the captain and fired him. There also the chief engineer obtained a lien on the vessel for unpaid wages. Also, the chief steward was arrested for shooting a woman there in 1914. On the return journey, the boat collided with...