Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...President last week: opened the annual American Red Cross Drive ("We must all do our part"); greeted the American Philatelic Society, convening in Hartford, Conn. ("It is a hobby that pays rich returns. . . ."); attended Armistice Day ceremonies in Arlington National Cemetery; received and charm-bathed Cuba's Dictator Fulgencio Batista wrote to C. I. O in Pittsburgh plugging peace with A.F. of L. "in the interest of all Americans...
...ruffians set upon a helpless man in a public street and proceed to beat him, you wouldn't long remain silent. If you saw a fanatical mob pillage and burn a church or a synagogue you wouldn't long remain silent. If you saw a brutal band drive helpless families from their own homes, you would speak out, and promptly...
...industry, which gives employment to more than 3,000,000, pays special taxes of $417,500,000 ($89,000,000 more than the amount of all taxes that U. S. railroads pay). Truck manufacturers represented were Autocar, Baker-Raulang, Brockway, Diamond T, Divco-Twin, Dodge, Federal, Ford, Four Wheel Drive, Fruehauf Trailers, General Motors, International Harvester, Mack, Marmon-Herrington, Pak-Age-Car, Reo, Sterling, Studebaker, Truck-tor, Walker, Walter and White. Motor-makers were Aircooled Motors Corp., Buda, Continental, Cummins, Hercules, and Waukesha. Represented, too, were some 75 body, wheel, accessory and fuel companies...
...given way to the 4-to-6 seat coupé. General savings in gas consumption and in wear & tear are promised from the overdrive, an automatic super-high gear that engages somewhere between 23 and 35 m. p. h., cutting the motor speed down almost to that of the drive shaft. Not the same as freewheeling, the overdrive provides free-rolling efficiency while still retaining the braking power of the engine; is conceded wider favor than free-wheeling since it requires no manual operation...
...last two periods saw the Crimson register twice each and the Southernors once each. The third Crimson marker was a result of a fairly sustained drive from midfield, with Harding finally going over, and the fourth was likewise a 50-yard marching affair, with Harding again the big offensive gun and the final scorer...