Word: berthed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Nicholas enjoys his stay with his family, a soft berth offering large scope for his talents. But when they finally find him out for what he is, he realizes that the game is up. He wangles an invitation from a chance acquaintance, departs with Lizzie, leaves unhappiness and tragedy in his wake...
...tired young man boarded a Pullman in Washington one night last week, squeezed his lanky length into a berth, went quickly to sleep. Half hour later, as the train was clacking through Maryland, another man tiptoed down the aisle, parted the green baize curtains, popped a package of papers on the sleeper. The man in the berth rose up, seized what had struck him, hurled it at the intruder. The man in the aisle picked it up, tossed it back into the berth once more. Swish, the package came sailing out of the berth a second time. The other...
Meanwhile on the West Coast berth-plane service was inaugurated three months ago by American Airlines between Los Angeles and Dallas, Tex. Always more progressive in accepting what seems new, the West furnished American Airlines' sleepers with many a capacity load. Encouraged by its success, American Airlines last week inaugurated sleeper service on its six-hour New York-Chicago night run. using 160 m.p.h. Curtiss Condors with twelve berths, upper & lower. The same length as Pullman berths but nine inches narrower, the aerial berths are convertible by day into roomy club chairs...
...Roosevelt Administration was headed into a big patronage scandal. Before Secretary Morgenthau reported to the President last week he called to Washington Internal Revenue Collector Abbott, who also happens to be Demo-cratic National Committeeman from Michigan. Last August National Chairman Farley tucked Committeeman Abbott away into the comfortable berth of an Internal Revenue collectorship. Good Mixer Abbott was able to pull many a patronage wire through Boss Farley, to the dismay of Michigan Congressmen. They rejoiced, if they did not assist, when the Detroit Free Press began to publish accusations against Collector Abbott: Deputy Collector John J. Tighe...
Adams now holds down the second highest berth in the House circuit with an average of 857, having won six and lost one. But they still have two defaulted games to play off. The only clash dropped by the Gold casters was that with the Deacons...