Word: raine
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...there should be a great effort on the part of organizations of our country to express their disapproval of such expenditures now, even though the projects may be most meritorious. They should be withheld until the country is in better condition."* ¶ Rain and cold greeted President Hoover when he arrived at his Rapidan camp for the weekend. Most of his time was spent sitting around a roaring log fire talking to Governor Theodore Roosevelt of Porto Rico-possibly, guessed the Press, about Governor Roosevelt's being sent to the Philippines to relieve Dwight Filley Davis...
Women, soldiers, an Indian chief and a clergyman, children, sailors, cowboys, a chemist, a Japanese, a Chinese, an Hawaiian-all these lay in a 5-mi. firing line at Camp Perry (Ohio) last week. They were shooting, for the most part in rain and mud, in the 58th annual National Rifle & Pistol Matches. The three-week Camp Perry shoot is the biggest in the world, dwarfing England's Bisley. This year 3,000 competitors broke all previous Camp Perry records in attendance...
Because they usually bring home more than their share of trophies, the Marines are called "pot-hunters." Accustomed to Central American rain and slime, they did not seem to mind the early bad weather, won more cups than any other unit. Equally acclimatized to tropic sun glare, they won the team match for the second consecutive year, for the eleventh time. The only branch that consistently gives the Marines a run for their money is the Infantry, which still holds the match record of 2,838 out of a possible 3,000, established...
East of Moscow the fog and rain grew worse. It was much as it had been on the first flight, when the storms had beaten them down to the very treetops. At the end of 20 hr. the end came. It was near Ufa, 700 mi. beyond Moscow. Doret bailed out, landed safely with his 'chute. Lebrix and Mesmin died in the crash of the Hyphen II. Doret was vaguely quoted as saying that the engine had exploded...
...sides of the Pacific Ocean last week when it became evident that Pilots Don Moyle and Cecil A. Allen had failed in their attempt to fly from Samishiro Beach, Japan to Seattle. Many & many a prophet could say "I told you so." The orange monoplane was sighted through the rain by a steamer no mi. from the starting point. It was not seen again. Following night the captain of another steamer off the coast of Alaska thought he heard a plane overhead, but there was no further clue. Weather was bad. Neither Moyle nor Allen was an experienced long distance...