Word: riflemen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...drove the Indians from the frontiers of Virginia, Maryland and Pennsylvania back into Ohio. At the treaty of peace, Cresap was accused of having murdered the family of a friendly Indian named Logan. He paid no attention to the charges and soon was summoned to raise a company of riflemen for the Revolutionary War. His company marched from Frederick, Maryland, to Boston in twenty-two days. In the fall of 1775, Captain Cresap died in New York City, was given a great funeral and buried in Trinity Churchyard...
Half a century ago these great vultures, with bald orange heads and wingspreads up to eleven feet, were common in California. Then ranchers began to push back toward the mountains, spread poisoned carcasses for wolves, foxes, coyotes. Condors gobbled these, also made fine targets for riflemen. In 1910 California passed a law forbidding condor killing, providing stiff fines and jail sentences for the offense...
Firing will end today in a postal match between the Crimson R.O.T.C. and University of Washington Naval Unit riflemen. The Crimson sharp-shooters will be trying for their first victory, since they have already lost to naval units from Northeastern and Georgia Tech...
...gift to the German people. While the band played Deutschland über Alles and mounted kettledrummers performed traditional feats of skill, 350 light whippet tanks camouflaged ready for action rolled down Unter den Linden and the Charlottenburger Chaussée. Behind came yellow and green armored cars filled with riflemen; armored motorcycles; machine-gun companies; anti-aircraft batteries with searchlights and direction finders; motorized heavy artillery and, to show that the Army is also ready for the swamps of Eastern Europe, an equal number of horse-drawn heavy artillery. Finally came the dull field-grey tide of marching...
...eight years ago from Cuba's José R. Capablanca. Soon maneuvered out of position by Euwe, who attacked vigorously after a queen's gambit, Alekhine accepted his offer of a draw after 35 moves, rose from directly under Jacob Lyon's great canvas of The Riflemen of Capt. Jacob Pieterson Hooghkamer and Lieutenant Pieter van Rijn in the Military Casino (see cut), warmly congratulated his youthful successor. To the amateur winner went the championship, 15½-to-14½, and expense money; to Professional Alekhine, $6,800 plus a chance to challenge within six months...