Word: nighthawk
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Dates: during 1928-1928
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...Whang! Crack! Crash! Crumple! At 4 o'clock one morning, an automobile driven by one Abe Schnider, Washington nighthawk, careened into and through the iron entrance gate at the southwest corner of the White House grounds. Abe Schnider's girl friends, terrified but unhurt, crept out to squeak and whisper over the damage. Rueful, Mr. Schnider rubbed his head. Watchmen soon haled the gatecrashers to court. Later in the morning Abe Schnider called at the White House. He was told that the White House's occupant and custodian would bring no charge against him if he would...