Word: armes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...salvation less important than the fact that it is too hot or too cold to go out on Sunday morning. Adman Peifer graduated to "Go-To-Church Editor'' when, in an ad attacking the pursuit of pleasure, he solicited names of anyone in need of "the sheltering arm of the church." Atlantic City merchants gladly signed up at $2.75 apiece per week to have their names appear as sponsors of Mr. Peifer's thoughts...
...pitcher: his fourth baseball game of the season; against the fourth-place Boston Red Sox; in which he struck out 16 batters, one less than the modern major-league record he shares with Dizzy Dean; at Cleveland. This is the second time within a year that young Feller, whose arm has been ailing all summer, has equalled or broken the American League strikeout record of 16, set by Rube Waddell 29 years...
...left represents Victory and Death, the soldier in the center clasping Victory in his right arm and Death in his left. The mural on the right represents the coming of the Americans to Europe. The woman with the blue gown in the foreground symbolizes France, while the woman behind her with the broken sword represents Belgium, and the third woman, with the helm, Britain...
...Manhattan, one Max Berger, 70, stepped into an East Side subway at 125th St. carrying under his arm a live chicken. Intended for his dinner, it had been presented to him by his sweetheart. Forthright little Mr. Berger plumped himself down into a seat and began to pluck feathers from the chicken's hind quarters, reciting, presumably: "She loves me, she loves me not," to the accompaniment of horrified squawks from the chicken. Presently a Brooklyn passenger named Kay Nelson protested to Mr. Berger. Mr. Berger reassured Mr. Nelson. Said he, "I am only taking off the feathers because...
...every Democratic face beamed friendship. Senator King, head of the subcommittee which drafted the vehement report which recommended that the President's Court Bill be rejected so overwhelmingly that no similar proposal would ever be made "to the free representatives of the free people," came and put his arm affectionately round Alben Barkley's shoulder. Senator Pat Harrison, defeated by one vote for the post which Barkley won, spoke in tribute to his successful rival. Franklin Roosevelt actually did not appear in person but Vice President Garner, wise, red-faced old man of the Senate, read the President...