Word: bomb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...because it makes possible the world's fastest rocket airplanes. Britain has the concession; Britain's Cabinet (the only ones in the know) feel even guiltier because of the further fact that the same stuff can -be made up into the world's most destructive atomic bomb. At the centre of the ensuing pussy-wants-a-corner is Walter Bullinger, Britain's Secretary for Foreign Affairs. Born a little Liberal, torn between his guilty secret, the bad guesses of foreign diplomats, the bloodthirsty ambitions of Sir Charles Pantry, Secretary for Air, poor Walter has a most...
...which overthrew China's ruling Manchu House. Next day Dr. Soong and Mr. Sun denied sponsoring the resolutions which, nevertheless, had passed and produced immediate results. Within a few hours Chinese patriots stole into the British Concession at Tientsin, approached the residence of the Japanese Consul General, threw a bomb which exploded with much noise, little effect...
Chainstore methods applied to bombing and revolution gave President Agustin P. Justo a warm, uneasy night & day last week. About 2:30 a. m. a small pineapple bomb exploded in the Buenos Aires suburb of Flores. drew police attention to a house from which several men fled wildly in all directions...
Little guessing what they would find, the police searched the house, discovered it was a bomb factory, seized 1,000 bombs and papers referring to a chain of newly opened restaurants which served a hearty meal for the trifling price of 20 centavos (5?). The restaurants proved to be "revolutionary cantonments." One, directly across from the Central Police Station, had especially big pineapples. Police eyes bulged at a letter mentioning that the chain-restaurant revolutionists planned "to kidnap the President of the Republic and other high officials...
They were certainly not due to "acts of God." Nevertheless the insurance companies have refused to pay. Last week Shanghai police called the Chinese policy holders' bomb threats "extremely serious"." expressed fear that the British insurance jokers will lead to no joke...