Word: reds
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
That cruise started in March 1937 when the Bakers christened their American-designed, Chinese-built schooner So Fong (which they were told meant "everything beautiful in woman"), set sail for the U. S. via the Philippines, the South Seas, the Indian Ocean, the Red Sea, Mediterranean and the South Atlantic. Not for glory, not for science, but just for fun, the Bakers bucked monsoons for 600 miles from Sumatra to Ceylon, saw their main boom snapped during a vicious squall in the Indian Ocean, spent three days on a tiny tropical island while the spar was being repaired...
...midst of a noisy tenement district in Manhattan's warren-like lower East Side, the school's neat, old-fashioned red brick building stands out with an air of simple respectability. In it, simple-mannered, genial, white-haired Director Melzar Chaffee considers the aptitudes, problems and ambitions of each of his hundreds of students, himself teaches some of them how to play the fiddle. Not all are children; mothers and fathers come for lessons too. The school's youngest pupil is three, its oldest 49. Fees for lessons range from 50? to $2. Children under...
...Red Tape...
Following the setback Friday at Cambridge, the Cornell nine dropped to fourth place Saturday as the dark-horse Dartmouth nine took an 11-2 victory at Hanover from the Big Red. Yale with four wins and two losses was idle this week, but stayed in second position, while the Indians jumped into third with three triumphs and two defeats...
Despite the final score, however, the high spot of the afternoon was Alexander Northrop, the 185-pound red-haired captain of the Crimson who steamed around the Stadium track to set records in both the mile and the half-mile, leaving Crimson and Blue competitors alike in the background...