Word: crates
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...appearance from the first-class decks. You surmise that minor difficulties?an immigration official who wants to keep Miss Gaynor outside the U. S., and a blonde who wants to keep Mr. Farrell?will separate them temporarily. Though you might not guess that she would do it in the crate of one of Mr. Farrell's polo ponies, you know that Heather will presently get into the U. S., eventually nod her head when Mr. Farrell asks her a certain question. A mediocre score by George Gershwin and the Swedish comicalities of El Brendel are adjuncts of Delicious. Like other...
Largest pet on display was Clover Leaf. a cow. Oldest were two tortoises claimed to be 350-500 years old. Smallest was an unidentified fish. Loudest was Susie, the Sebastopol goose. Most desperate were 462 squeaking canaries lodged in a crate exhibit. Most indifferent were two Llamas, who chewed cud quietly for five days. Most valuable per pound were two lion-headed goldfish valued at $500 each. Youngest were a litter of white mice born just as the show closed. Most popular was a baby elephant known variously as Bozo, Buddy and Buck. Least popular was a timid young skunk...
...Lieut. Manoel Vazquez. Commander Sanchez joined the revolution, swooped back & forth over the roofs of Lisbon firing his machine gun. He suddenly decided that there was little future in the revolt, turned his plane's nose east and came down safely in Spain. Lieut. Vazquez went up with a crate of nearly 200 hand grenades and spent a busy hour tossing them over the side, trying to hit the Presidential Palace. When his crate was empty he swooped down to see what damage he had done, saw it was small, flew off to Spain in disgust. Spanish authorities immediately interned...
...party set up the guns, another rushed to the out skirts of the town and cut telephone and telegraph wires. There was no one to oppose them but a few Rural Guards. A burst of machine gun fire sent these scampering. The rest of the men worked feverishly unloading crate after crate of rifles, machine guns, ammunition. Another party of rebels was waiting in Gibara with an ancient wood-burning locomotive and three creaking freight cars. These were run down to a siding and loaded. It was a filibuster to warm the heart of any revolutionist...
...Governor of Hawaii was visiting him at the White House. He ... told how many, many thousand crates of pineapples were shipped from [the islands] every year. 'How many to the crate?' Mr. Coolidge asked. The Governor, like us at the board-meeting, was caught...