Word: belt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...there will not be enough grain for all needs. Livestock numbers, they say, must be reduced 20 to 30% if the U.S. is to have bread for its citizens, corn for its war industries* and wheat for industrial alcohol. When livestock numbers are reduced, the U.S. will tighten its belt...
...each one in the boat we'd empty his pockets and search for identification. One was named Thomas. He had a canteen on his belt and a map in his pocket, both with that name on it. John Thomas. Wilson, H.W., had an identification tag around his neck. He also had a billfold with a picture of a girl, some foreign coins, a wrist watch, and a bottle opener...
...week's end the Germans held about one-quarter of the town, including a belt of ruined houses under the hill behind. Besides their guns on Hill 165, they had strong artillery positions along the base of Mt. Cassino. As the battle thundered through the desolate streets, huge 240-mm. (9 in.) U.S. guns added their voices to the siege...
Spoils of War. In Los Angeles, the sheriff arrested a twelve-year-old boy for stealing a Garand rifle, cartridge belt, gas mask, helmet, motorcycle first-aid kit, field bag, a pair of binoculars, four bayo nets and scabbards, several pairs of trousers and several shirts from an Army camp. Said the boy: "I wanted to have some souvenirs to give to my grand children." Tyger, Tyger. In Los Angeles, Leo Winter was fined $500 for misapplication of ration points in spite of his explanation that he and his wife and his cat had eaten 495 Ib. of meat between...
Soon after his arrival in Zanesville, Earl Jones turned from WPA trucking to coal hauling, then bought into a coal mine. He added other mines for a total output of about one million tons a year, which he sells to one electric-power station. The onetime trucker installed a belt conveyer that does away with most trucking...