Word: catchings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...proclamation of a "President's Week" by . . . ceremonious Governor Blanton ("The Sphynx") Winship, was considered a political move of the Governor to catch the Presidential eye, did not arouse any enthusiasm among levelheaded Puerto Ricans...
...Forest Service would not be unaware that nearby trappers were illegally shooting & trapping deer. The Service does not deserve the remark, "Those boys will be playing 'round the fire-they won't catch us.". . . The men do not, I believe, knowingly allow tourists to keep pig-killing lions as pets, even if pretty girls desire...
Thus a telegraph machine in the Manhattan offices of the United Press began to print a message one afternoon last week. Sentence followed sentence-50 words, 100 words, 200 words. The machine clicked on, stopped to catch its breath, began a new paragraph...
Evidence of famine conditions continues to reach the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church and Jewish rabbis in Central Europe in a wealth of letters penned by underfed Russian peasants to relatives abroad. Of these letters Soviet censors catch perhaps eight or nine out of every ten; but stupid, lenient or secretly anti-Red censors pass enough to make chronic malnutrition in the Soviet farm belt an imposing fact. For people who want to see starved and starving Russians, Cameraman Walker opened his portfolio last week. Samples...
Unfortunately, Grant Mitchell, the clever detective, is not allowed to jail the latest beauty in "One Exciting Adventure." This time it is Binnie Barnes and she is addicted to stealing jewelry solely for pleasure. Nevertheless she is quite attractive and next time Mr. Mitchell may really catch...