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...tornado junction of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas quieted down for a while. But the next day the great, hedgehopping twister was on the go again. This time it struck in the small plantation communities 40 miles south of Little Rock, Ark. (pop. 88,000), cut a 20-mile swath of freakish destruction, destroyed over 1,000 houses and other buildings, killed 34 people. While rescuers searched the wreckage for more bodies, they kept a wary eye on the western horizon...
...twister roared on, destroying 35 houses in Whitehorse, Okla. Then it split up into smaller storms that skittered off into Kansas. From White Deer to Whitehorse it had cut a swath 1½ miles wide (the widest* tornado in U.S. history), and marked its trail with 155 counted dead...
...Horse. In a few years, he made millions, cut a wide swath on Broadway. He sank $40,000 in a play, acquired a swank Fifth Avenue apartment, took to horseback riding in Central Park and dealing with such labor racketeers as Joey Fay. In 1937 the murder of a striking sandhog labor leader, whom Sam had supposedly threatened to kill, almost toppled him from his throne. Police held Sam as a material witness, but freed him for lack of evidence...
...wide a swath . . . it is the first ?10,000 which counts...
...role of a rising young attorney, light-complexioned Charlie cut a social swath. He wangled invitations to Hollywood benefits, and ran up a $2,000 bill for rented evening clothes. When the photographers exploded their flash bulbs, Charlie would sidle alongside the celebrities. His picture appeared in the papers with Singer Lina Romay, Van Johnson and Victor Mature...