Word: 30th
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Russians asked Frankfurt to identify the freight. Then they reloaded it. On the 30th day after leaving Frankfurt, the train reached Berlin, some 250 miles away...
...That was a Wednesday. On Sunday he called and said 'Now, this is the 30th time I've called you, isn't it?' I said, 'Yes, that's right.' And he said: 'Well, supposing a man was madly in love with you, how often would he call you?' And I said, 'Oh, about once a day, I guess.' And then he said: 'All right, so I've called you 30 times, that means that actually I have known you for quite a long time-like 30 days...
...three years knuckle-headed, know-it-all Fibber McGee has been larding his fun program with monthly propaganda plugs-about waste fats, car pools, etc. The funniest part is that the customers like it. Last week Fibber & Molly (Jim & Marion Jordan) pitched their 30th Government plug, a Wistful Vista bond rally; they also edged ahead of Bob Hope again in their neck-&-neck race for program popularity...
China has been using U.S. gold to buy up large blocks of Chinese currency and thereby combat Chinese inflation. On March 28 the Government gave secret instructions to its banks that the price of gold would be raised on the 30th, March 29 being a bank holiday. When the returns on the sale of gold on March 28 came in. Premier Soong promptly noticed that the figure was double the average of preceding days. This was prima facie evidence of a leak...
Dittmar said he wanted to arrange transfer of German wounded and civilians to the U.S. side. Major General Leland S. Hobbs, commanding the U.S. 30th Division, suggested that he make his humanitarianism official by persuading the Wehrmacht commander on the other bank to surrender. Dittmar was willing to try-but not to recross the river. He sent a note across. When no answer was forthcoming, he surrendered himself and his party, which included his 16-year...