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Word: passaic (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...biggest privately owned yacht in the world is the Orion, 333 ft. long and 46 ½ ft. wide. Last week it arrived in the U. S. from the builder's yards at Kiel on its first trip; on board was Owner Julius Forstmann, textile tycoon of Passaic, N. J. The Orion is a white ship, one-funnelled, 3,096 tons, 1,800 h. p. (twin Diesels), with a crew of 54 officers and men (including a purser, a doctor). She cruised to the U. S. from Kiel via the Barbados and Havana. This autumn Yachtsman Forstmann will take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport Notes, Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

Julius Forstmann, textile tycoon of Passaic, N. J., steamed into New York harbor on the world's largest, costliest yacht ($2,000,000), his new Orion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 30, 1929 | 9/30/1929 | See Source »

...offered an editorial in a Gastonia paper: "The blood of our beloved chief cries out to high heaven for vengeance. The shooting was part of a deep-laid scheme of Russian Anarchists. Gaston County has already been too lenient with these despicable curs and snakes from the dives of Passaic, Hoboken and New York...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Textile Trial | 8/12/1929 | See Source »

...feet can run far. Last week one John Salo, plodding Passaic, N. J., policeman, reached Los Angeles, where he had pegged from Manhattan. His running had not been in vain, for he was winner of C. C. ("Cash and Carry") Pyle's transcontinental bunion derby. In a burst of finishing speed, Runner Salo galloped 26 miles around Wrigley Field, while ten thousand Californians cheered, hooted, whistled. His cross-country time: 526 hr., 57 min., 30 sec. His winning purse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bunion Derby | 6/24/1929 | See Source »

Will you furnish me with list of names of your Life or Perpetual Subscribers? They would make excellent prospects for insurance. JAMES JELKE Insurance-of-all-kinds Passaic...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Jun. 17, 1929 | 6/17/1929 | See Source »

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