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Despite the King's allusion to "struggling against mud," Queensway has in fact been cut in sandstone so firm that the "sand hogs" never had to work under air pressure. In 1925 the chipping was started by Princess Mary with a pneumatic drill. Two pilot tunnels, each 12 ft. in diameter, were cut out from Liverpool and Birkenhead until in 1928 only a thin curtain of stone hung between them in mid stream. Out to chip this down and shake hands under the Mersey went the Lord Mayor of Liverpool and the Mayor of Birkenhead. After that the snug...
...Oklahoma which he did not bother to go and look at. In 1912 after Crazy Jack had lived peaceably through the administrations of 18 Presidents, something happened to him. A man came, gave him $800, got him to put his thumb print on a paper granting the right to drill for oil on his farm for which he was to receive a royalty of one-eighth of all oil produced. The great Gushing Oil Pool had been discovered adjoining his land...
...this week publishing in Today a series of articles entitled "Hitlerism Invades America.'' According to Today, Nazi groups have been formed in Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Louis, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Manhattan; they have upwards of 6.000 members; they hold meetings, collect dues, wear Nazi uniforms and sometimes drill in turnhallen; members of the League of Friends of the New Germany pledge: "I do not belong to any secret organization of any kind [Freemasons, etc.]. I am of Aryan descent, free of Jewish or colored racial traces"; their political ideal "is organically conceived and consequently the very antithesis...
...teacher's pencil tapped. Like a colony of frightened prairie dogs, 40 or 50 moppets bobbed under their desks, opened big flat geography books over their heads. Teacher marched to the door, counted up to 40. Then "earthquake drill" was over...
...continued to drill a patient's tooth. Said he, "I've been buying tickets on everything for twelve years." Ralph Mazzarello, porter in Filene's Boston Store, won $37,500. Said his mother, "If Ralph spends the money for a trip to Italy that would be the finish. There wouldn't be any more money...