Word: belled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Glib, handsome Arthur Lowler Osborn Fountaine Bell toiled mightily during his early years in California. He founded a profitable cult called "Mankind United," labeled himself "The Voice" and announced that he had seven doubles all capable of thinking as one. He denounced capitalism, quoted the scriptures feverishly, soon claimed 250,000 followers...
...Arthur Bell, who claims the supernatural quality of agility (i.e., of being able to transport himself anywhere in an instant by an act of his own will), was not stopped. While his attorneys appealed his conviction, he planned a bigger enterprise - Christ's Church of the Golden Rule...
Minor Difficulties. As business boomed, Promoter Bell began talking of expanding his empire. More recently, he has begun to complain that "they" are persecuting him "just as they have always perse cuted those who believed in God and the Golden Rule." California businessmen indeed have begun to glance nervously in his direction...
...Francisco's Hotel Cecil. But The Voice had already dodged out of range by selling the establishment (at a neat $60,000 profit) a month before. Undeterred, the unions last week were pressing cases against other church hotels in which salaried workers have been replaced by Bell's un-salaried employes...
...When the bell sounded, Mexico's 20-year-old sleeping beauty was wide awake. Fighting from a crouch, Moran sparred awkwardly with the polished champion for a second or two. Then he landed a crushing left that made Montgomery's knees buckle, followed with a right cross that suddenly lifted the champ clear of the floor, sent him into a ridiculous skid on his backside. Nothing but inexperience kept the Mexican from exploiting his Sunday punch with a clincher. After groggy Montgomery picked himself up, Moran danced and jabbed his way to an easy win on points...