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...windy, dirty, and the Lindberghs were worried about the heavy seas which threatened their plane. Bathurst, in Gambia, was pleasant and clean and the English were helpful, but at each attempted takeoff the plane struggled, spanked along on the top of the waves, could not get free. The Lindberghs threw out extra tools, clothing, oil, said good-by to their hosts every day and returned shamefacedly to try again. When they got off at last the motor sputtered from an insufficient fuel supply, and Mrs. Lindbergh thought they were finished...
...Stephen's Square, burned a small crucifix, a painting of the Virgin Mary and a portrait of the Cardinal, scrawled on the walls of the palace: "Away with the priests! To Dachau* with Innitzer!" From the second story of a nearby canons' residence, brown-shirts threw a priest out of a win dow, injuring him seriously...
...Southwest Conference, cradle of wide open, razzle-dazzle play, few experts dared predict a champion. Some fancied Baylor because of its quarterback, Bill Patterson, who last season threw 150 passes-of which 50 were completed and only 13 intercepted-for an average gain of 4.5 yards for each pass attempted...
...coordinated Army team kept him bottled up for almost three periods. At half time, Army was leading 18-to-6. But in the final minutes of the third quarter, Luckman began to bomb the Army's defense. In the last quarter, with Columbia trailing 13-to-18, Luckman threw three passes and three times succeeded in speeding the ball toward a touchdown in a 96-yd. drive. Although Fullback Gerry Seidel carried the ball over the goal line, the rousing cheers that came from 25,000 exhausted throats were mostly for Sid Luckman. For his earlier point-after-touchdown...
...inventing the luxury hotel, Ritz perforce had to pay attention to plumbing, and this led him to an interest in hygiene in general. At a time when even palaces stank with clogged drains, Ritz put in modern plumbing; in addition he threw out heavy, germ-catching furnishings, gave every room a southern exposure. Within a short time the Paris Ritz became known as the best sanatorium in Europe...