Word: snow
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tried the candidates out on "Death Corner," a wide gash in the mountainside where the trail has a twist with reverse banking at the foot of a steep descent. Proctor had them practice stem and pure Christiana turns before they ended the day by a run in a blinding snow storm...
Last week Germany's prince of peace was dashing in his supercharged Mercedes across snow-covered Bavaria when he overtook two humble hikers. "Get in!" invited the Chancellor...
Because of cold and snow the 9:45 express train from pine clad Sinaia into Bucharest was delayed one night last week. A fair-sized crowd was on the station platform, for nearby is the extravagantly turreted palace that is King Carol's country home. Impatiently awaiting the train were Premier Ion Gheorghe Duca, hurrying back to the Capital after a conference with the King, former Mayor Costinescu of Bucharest and Secretary General of the Legislative Council Michel Vlashide. Frugally all three bought third class tickets. They did not notice a group of university students at the other...
...that afternoon. The night brought winter winds which pitched and tossed the plane. Mrs. Trammell and a nurse took turns holding the baby. At one refueling stop Jimmy Wedell borrowed an overcoat. At 1:57 a. m., 11 hr. after leaving Houston, the plane landed on Baltimore's snow-encrusted airport. An ambulance sped the Trammells to Johns Hopkins where Dr. Dandy's associate, Dr. Paul A. Kunkel, confirmed the Houston diagnosis of hydrocephalus...
...Helena, Mont, long distance operator called Dr. David T. Berg to the telephone. "Lincoln is calling." Dr. Berg waited. "These is Pete Clausen talking. My wife is having a baby. . . ." Lincoln was 55 mi. away over snowed-under roads. Outdoors was -20°. Dr. Berg bundled himself well, started to motor to the case. Thirty miles out of Helena 6-ft. snow drifts blocked his car. He secured a tractor, arrived at the accouchement with 15 minutes to spare...