Word: come
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Perhaps they come from Iowa or Arkansas and are afraid their old acquaintances will look them up and discover they aren't the big shots they have claimed to be. ... I would suggest that E. P. Waterman & friends not only campaign for the San Francisco Exposition but go themselves. The trip across the U.S. would open their eyes to the grandeur of this country and they would be amazed at the friendly spirit existing in the West...
...ultimate downfall is sure. The statement as a whole was preliminary notice, to be more thoroughly and forcefully worded this week, that the U. S. did not and would not soon recognize Czecho-Slovakia as part of Germany. Minister Wilbur Carr was told to close his legation in Prague, come home. But other branches of Franklin Roosevelt's Government had to face facts. They took steps which not only recognized Adolf Hitler as CzechoSlovakia's new ruler but dealt him backhand blows...
Presently the Nazi secretaries stomped up his front steps. They clicked their heels and announced in brusque German that they had come to take possession...
Last time the President asked for more WPA money, a potent factor on his side was snow on the ground in Washington. Last week, though a late March blizzard might yet come, nature sided with the Economizers. The White House lawns were verdant. Cherry and forsythia bloomed in capital gardens...
Tuesday, 4 p.m. Peremptorily Hitler commanded President Emil Hácha to come to Berlin from Prague for a conference. Accompanied by his daughter and Foreign Minister Frantisek Chvalkovsky, Dr. Hácha boarded a special train. Week's best example of how fast the Hitler machine was turning over: Dr. Hácha's train was one hour late in Berlin because of traffic congestion caused by troop trains already on their way to Bohemia...