Word: ross
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...weeks ago Thomas Ross, civilian pigeon expert for the U. S. Army Signal Corps stationed at Fort Monmouth, N. J. was a worried man. His favorite bird, Molly Pitcher, was missing. He had sent her to the pigeon flying at Chattanooga, Tenn., Kentucky Derby of U. S. pigeondom. Loosed there from Lookout Mountain, she had failed to fly home. Ross was sure she knew the way (600 mi.), and of the 500 war couriers under his care, she is one of the fastest. Last year in the Grand National race at Danville, Va., she was second...
After three worried days, Ross received a radio message from Camp Dix (Wrightstown, N. J.). A Fort Monmouth bird had come down there badly wounded. He hurried to Camp Dix, found his Molly. Like many another pigeon, she had been attacked by a hawk. There was a big hole in her back. Her weight, usually 14 oz., was down to six. Although sad to see Molly's condition, Pigeonman Ross was proud that she had chosen an Army camp for refuge. She had never seen Camp Dix before...
Texas Democrats last week conducted their preliminary primaries. Eleven candidates were in the field. Most vigorous were Ross S. Sterling, rich Houston publisher, and, by proxy, "Ma" (Mrs. Miriam A.) Ferguson, proxy for her redoubtable husband, James E. Ferguson, onetime impeached Governor of Texas. A one-time bank president, in this campaign he dubbed himself "Farmer Jim." He promised two governors for the price of one, "Ma" in office, "Farmer Jim" in the offices. Publisher Sterling is Governor Dan Moody's Chairman of the Texas State Highway Commission. This was his first campaign for public office. His main plank...
...shall visit Admiral Byrd's old headquarters on the barrier, see Mount Erebus, the steaming volcano, and watch the great whaling fleets in action. . . . The attractions of the Ross Sea are a pure germless atmosphere, 24 hours of sunshine every day at the season in which we shall visit it and a cold, dry, invigorating climate with the temperature around 31° Fahrenheit (one degree below freezing). . . . Our good ship will be especially strengthened to resist ice pressure...
...civic luncheon was scheduled to begin the opening ceremonies. Newton D. Baker, who is personal counsel to the Van Sweringens, will preside. Speakers: Mayor John D. Marshall of Cleveland, President Patrick E. ("Pull Eighty Cars'") Crowley of New York Central, President W. L. Ross of Nickel Plate. The Brothers Van Sweringen will be present: the Brothers Taplin, in all probability, will not. The Taplins, inveterate Van Sweringen-baiters, as minority stockholders in the Wheeling, tried to hold up the building of the terminal, carried their case from court to court up to the U. S. Supreme Court, where they lost...