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Died. Leonidas D'Entrecasteaux Smith, 65, Attorney General of Tennessee; in Nashville, Tenn. Born in Sparta (Tenn.), he was the son of William Gooch Smith, father of Mrs. Keilah Neece and the late Ucal Smith...
...magistrates appointed by Sparta over Athens at the termination of the Peloponnesian War were called the '30 tyrants,' and were overthrown after one year's reign. The end of the tyrants was heralded with a spirit of gladness...
...Chicago Mrs. Mary Mellas, a native of Sparta, gave a pint of her blood to her 5-year-old daughter late one night, gave birth to another daughter the following morning...
...Kenneth tried to remove it for cleaning but the oil spurted out. They had to land- with a new endurance record of 553 hr. 41 min. 30 sec., more than 133 hr. better than the previous mark. Followed the frenzied aftermath, no less dizzying to the humble family from Sparta, Ill. than had been the three-week ordeal. With their brothers Walter and Albert of the refueling plane, and Sister Irene who had cooked for them, and their 62-year-old mother, Mrs. Ida Hunter, the flyers were whisked to a roof-bungalow atop the Hotel Sherman, there to blink...
...Hunters the victory was epochal. It meant, they hoped, $200,000 in bonuses from fuel, radio, cigaret and food companies. Failure would have meant a return to the coal mines of Sparta, to make up the $11,000 staked in the attempt...