Word: starters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Japanese superiors, obscure "Lieut. Maki" abruptly fires a torpedo into the Houston, which sinks. Though a Japanese court martial sentences Lieut. Maki to be shot, war has meanwhile been declared. After a terrific air and naval battle most of the U. S. fleet is sunk and Japan as a starter seizes the Hawaiian Islands. The Dream ends as a monument to Lieut. Maki is unveiled in conquered Honolulu...
...conveying to the general public all factual information with reference to the various Governmental agencies." On a nation-wide scale his Council's representatives were to steer befuddled citizens through the fog of new Washington agencies to the particular bureau that could supply the relief needed. As a starter $10,000-per-year-man Walker hired for his headquarters assistant Eugene Sheldon Leggett, redheaded young Washington correspondent for the Detroit Free Press...
Captain Dean was bumped pretty hard in the Army game and it is doubtful whether he will be able to start on Saturday. On Tuesday, Nevin was put in at the fullback post and was primed as a reserve or possible starter in that berth. Yesterday it was Janien who had the workout there and Nevin was relegated to the B outfit. The starting back in the department is till uncertain, but the choice will probably lie between Janien and Nevin. Janien looked good in the practices both on Tuesday and yesterday, and may get the call over Nevin...
...under the supervision of Scout Wesley Fesler. The final touch was put on the A team when the players were lined up for a 40-minute stationary scrimmage against the Jayvees. Janien carried out his assignments to the satisfaction of the coaches and at present appears as the likeliest starter in the game Saturday...
Despite the cluckings of his doctors, George V wrapped himself in a thick ulster and went down to cold, wet Newmarket Heath last week for the Cambridgeshire. His Limelight was a starter, and the dope sheets and his trainers assured His Majesty that Limelight was the best horse he has owned since Scuttle won the 1,000 Guineas in 1928. Sweepstake investors had put up a total of $8,500,000 on the race. Limelight went to the post, through a sea of glistening mackintoshes, a 5-to-1 favorite. Up to the quarter-mile Limelight held the lead, seemed...