Word: drives
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...friend, Winston Churchill, but his flight tax was taken over by Adolf Hitler in 1933 and made a good thing when Jews had to flee. In the two years before Hitler the tax brought in but 2,876,000 marks. With the start of the Nazi anti-Jewish drive and the application of the Nürnberg laws, however, receipts multiplied until in fiscal 1937-38 they reached a total of 81,000,000 marks. Two years ago the yield was not large enough to please. Prospective refugees who fall in the taxable categories were then required to give security...
...then strange things started to happen. "Drive slower, so everybody can see," the chauffeur heard Corrigan say as the procession started for City Hall. When the welcoming parade was over, Douglas Corrigan had his appraisal ready: "What? . . . only two hours and fifteen minutes. ... In Kansas City the parade was two hours and forty minutes." Down at the Hall Corrigan got a shiny gold medal. "This is a pretty good medal," he vouchsafed to Mayor Frank L. Shaw. Then he added: "Some of the others were better...
...twice a week in cold weather will reward anyone with a free garage during the year. Miss Cole, of Grant Street, is a dog enthusiast, and has decided that a dog's favorite dish is cows' udders. She has accordingly offered garage space to any one who will drive over to the stock yards in Watertown and bring back a car load of cows' udders whenever necessary...
Hodder's first season will be a difficult one, since last year's team lost heavily by graduation. One great advantage for the new coach, however, is the building of the new rink on Memorial Drive. The rink is being constructed by the Boston Skating Club and is scheduled to he completed by December...
Eliot House, Winthrop House, and the Yard were the worst hit as far as loss of trees goes. Nine of the stately elms outside of Eliot House along Memorial Drive were prostrated, leaving a comparatively bare building. Over half of the poplars in the front circle were blown done. A scene of wreckage was the court between Gore and Standish Halls of Winthrop House, where all but three of the old willows went down. Fifteen trees in the Yard were uprooted or snapped off near the roots...