Word: carli
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...statues but his poultry farm got him in trouble. When it went bankrupt he tried to flee Tennessee, taking his automobile (on which he had three mortgages) and a truckload of chickens. Chased by deputy sheriffs to Nashville, the sculptor abandoned his car, ran across country, got away, leaving a lawsuit between the three finance companies and his statues of horses and dogs, to mark his strange passage through the bluegrass country...
...first 200 miners to reach the mine-deep were lowered to the end of the shaft and the cars were reeled back to the starting point. Some 250 more miners scrambled on the 26 little cars and started down the slope. Suddenly there came a cannon-like crack-the cable had snapped off about 1,000 feet behind the last car. "She's running away!" shouted one collier...
Every 1939 Custom Imperial Chrysler sold last week had as standard equipment a hydraulic clutch which eliminates any mechanical connection between the engine and the wheels. Called fluid drive. Chrysler's innovation removes the necessity for gear shifting and clutching except when a car is pulling heavily or backing...
Miss Henie began, to collect herself for a dash to her car. "I love skilling too. Irving Berlin is writing the music for my next picture. I'll be back in Holly Wood February 5. I can't say anything about the European situation...
Moreover, this questionnaire was not instigated by the police with a view towards possible increased revenue in the future. For compliance with the law merely involves getting a free permit from the Registrar of Motor Vehicles, issued on proof that a car is properly insured and that the operator has passed a license test similar to the one given by Massachusetts. Certainly sufficient insurance and a tested driver are desirable and necessary for any automobile driven on the teeming highways of the Commonwealth...