Word: tex
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Since the Soviet Union is not represented in Federation Aeronautique Internationale its records are not officially recognized. However, both Osoaviakhim's and last year's Red Army performances surpass the official world's record of 61,237 ft. made last November by Lieut. Commander G. W. ("Tex") Settle, U. S. N. and Major Chester L. Fordney...
...Austin, Tex...
...Last week Surgeon General Hugh S. Gumming asked the House Appropriations Committee to change the name of the U. S. Narcotic Farm at Fort Worth, Tex. "The name would indicate," explained the Surgeon General, "that it is a farm on which we raise narcotics...
John Jacob Raskob rose from a meal in a little Sonora, Tex. restaurant, handed the waitress a $20 bill. "Keep the change," said...
...Chancellor Adolf Hitler lately complained German-born Anton Karthausen that his hand-made dresses and skirts did not sell well in Brownsville, Tex. Joyously last week Herr and Frau Karthausen and child were hurrying back to the Fatherland on tickets sent them by gentle Adolf. Of all forms of publicity for Nazidom the dispatch of such "Hitler tickets" was proving the most effective. Proud as Punch was tall, brooding Dr. Ernst Hanfstaengl, the Chancellor's closest friend, who staged the return from Reading, Pa. of stranded Ignatz Westenkirchner & family (TIME...