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They were, in fact, the best destroyers the U. S. Navy had up to 1934. Then bigger (1,395-1,850 tons), faster (maximum 41 knots), more maneuverable and better-gunned destroyers began to come off the ways.* The Navy gradually retired its oldsters, but kept them greased. By last...
Now 50, grey-haired, big-eared, balding Bill Donovan is a tough, free-swearing, ungrammatical labor leader in store clothes. When he thinks an argument has gone far enough, he closes it for keeps with the snapper: "And them are the facts! What the hell?" His prosperous Local 46 has...
Captain Jim Lightbody of track, Captain Tom Healey of baseball and Captain Howard Mendel of soccer were individual greats of the year. One of the Crimson's greatest competitors and middle-distance runners, Lightbody doubled in the 600 and 1000 to inspire the trackmen to their Quadrangular win. He set...
Dead slow though this schedule seemed to anxious landlubbers, it looked like fair speed to those who knew the tough realities. New construction already clogged the ways at most of the Navy's own yards (Brooklyn, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Boston, Mare Island, Charleston, Philadelphia, Puget Sound). Few and busy were...
With stunts such as a patrons' handicapping contest-a $5,000 prize awarded each Saturday to the fan picking the most winners-Lindheimer doubled attendance in five years, made a profit of $120,000 for his Washington Park Jockey Club last year.