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Word: bundster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1939-1939
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...prosecution's auditor admitted an error in calculations of the alleged thefts; all but five charges against Fritz Kuhn were dismissed. The jury heard Bund members testify that under the "leader principle" Kuhn could spend the money any way he liked-but not on a woman, said one Bundster, either vacillating or jealous. They heard Tom Dewey, summoned as a defense witness by Kuhn's lawyers, who hoped to show that malicious prejudice brought about their client's indictment. Said Dewey, asked if he hated the Bund: "It is really very difficult to call it hatred, when...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NEW YORK: Trouble | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

After predicting that A. Hitler would get what he wanted and "then announce that he is willing to negotiate," New York City's big, beefy Bundster Fritz Kuhn declared: "England and France will not declare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: PEOPLE IN WAR NEWS | 9/11/1939 | See Source »

Emerging pot-valiant from a Webster, Mass, tavern, beefy Bundster Fritz Kuhn (already under indictment charged with filching Bund funds) had words with a policeman, who promptly tossed him into jail. Next morning Police Chief John Templeman released him on $54 bail, snapped: "He was just another wise guy who thought this was a hick town and he could stage one of them beer hall putsch things and be the dictator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 24, 1939 | 7/24/1939 | See Source »

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