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...honor on the lawn of Letterman General Hospital at San Francisco's Presidio (U. S. Army post). He also listened to a flowery speech by a gentleman in smoked glasses, Consul José Zarza of the Cuban Republic. The speech said that Major Rowan had performed a feat that was "an everlasting lesson" which "covered your army with glory," a deed for all to "love, admire and emulate." At the end of it, Consul Zarza pinned a blue-ribboned gold medal upon Major Rowan. It was the Order of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuba's highest...
They were the Democratic National Committee's brilliant chief press agent, Charles Michelson, whose first feat was to smear Hoover, and his G. O. P. counterpart, Franklyn Thomas Waltman Jr. Dark, 35-year-old Republican Waltman paid elaborate tribute to the libertarian legacy of Democratic Patron Saint Thomas Jefferson, worked himself into oratorical fervor: "We recall Jefferson's words tonight, not solely out of academic interest in a mighty battle which was won in behalf of the liberties of Americans, but because once again in this country, as abroad, freedom of press and freedom of speech is under...
While Brooklyn fans were shouting to each other over this unexpected bargain performance, the unprecedented feat of Johnny Vander Meer spread all over the world. First to congratulate him was Spectator Babe Ruth. "Nice going, kid," boomed the Babe, a pitcher once himself, as he put his arm around the youngster and blinked into the floodlights, doubtless recalling his own famed streaks of three homeruns in one game in the World Series of 1926, again...
...Norwich Country Club Hast month], before a gallery including Mr. Gun-shanon, the pro, this boy drove a 327 yard hole entirely in the air to land on the green five feet past the pin. This feat he accomplished two out of three trys. The longest drive I have seen him make is 375 yards of which...
...bathetic, Puccini's operas are masterpieces of musical stagecraft, shaped by one of the surest hands that ever penned an aria. Meanwhile Tosca, La Boheme, and Madame Butterfly have been played incessantly wherever opera is given. During his lifetime, Composer Puccini made a fortune from them-a rare feat for a composer of serious music-and today they are still tops on the list of operatic bestsellers...