Word: saws
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Douglas, Isle of Man, Isaac Hyman, 34, tailor, sleepwalked into his dining room, cut his throat with a saw-edged bread knife, died before waking...
Every Indianaman saw Kelly but none of them could catch him when he picked up Van Nice's pass and ran 30 yards for the winning touchdown. Chicago 13, Indiana...
...Herbert L. Pye, 16, saw a boat capsize in Casco Bay, a man floundering in the water, he dived in, rescued one George E. Rice of Manhattan. Thereafter, Rice and Pye were fast friends, correspondents. Forty-five years passed. Rice became a wealthy soap manufacturer. Several months ago he died. As proof of his repeated statement that he "never would forget the act" of Pye, he willed him his entire estate...
...Grijalva River, Mexico, a motor launch sank, seven passengers went to the bottom. Searchers found no trace of the bodies but saw several fat alligators...
With the War came Mr. Guggenheim's interest in aviation. In March 1917, while taking a holiday in Florida, he saw the U. S. was at the War's threshold. He bought a Curtiss flying boat, took private instruction, and, when War was declared, received a lieutenant's commission in the naval air forces. Sent overseas, he organized naval air stations in England, France, Italy, won from the Italian government the Brevetto Superiore. After the War came another copper interlude, also the development of Chilean nitrate and Bolivian tin. But he was now engaged in the financial...