Word: drove
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Therefore he and his wife have to occupy separate bed rooms and it was at some discomfort that they managed to put up Mr. MacCracken for the night. Next day Mr. Jurney asked Mr. MacCracken if he would like to take a ride to the Senate Office Building. They drove to the Capitol together, met Mr. Leslie Garnett, U. S. District Attorney to whom Mr. Jurney introduced Mr. Mac-Cracken. Under cover of this distraction, the Sergeant at Arms slipped into Mr. Garnett's automobile and escaped from his unwelcome guest. For the remainder of the week...
...road outside Faribault, Minn., one night last week Walter Magee, St. Paul contractor, saw automobile headlights blink four times. He stopped his car, lifted out two cardboard boxes full of money and drove off leaving them in the middle of the highway. To the stack of cash was attached a note...
Then came the Spahis. Just before midnight the Algerian cavalrymen in their scarlet and white bournouses charged down with drawn sabres and drove the mob back up the Rue Royale to the Madeleine. Sedate Weber's Café became an emergency hospital. Ancient waiters carried the wounded in from the streets, ripped their aprons and napkins for bandages. Passing doctors operated on the restaurant tables...
...last week had a fair idea of what teams would be in the top flight for the final play-offs next month. Midwest. Whether or not they offer the best basketball in the U. S., Midwest games stir up most excitement and draw biggest crowds. Farmers from miles around drove into Lafayette, Ind. for last week's game between Iowa and Purdue. It was not a crucial game, since little less than a miracle could stop Purdue, which has passed the toughest part of its schedule, from winning the Big Ten Championship. Its team, about the same as last...
...hour after his paper had been sold, Editor Baker jumped in his Chevrolet coach, drove 40 miles to make a speech on "the finer things in citizenship." First issue of the Transcript after the sale urged its readers to use the same tactics in "the next round with the octopus." Editor Baker is campaigning for funds to defray legal expenses for 300 other water-rate strikers. Invited by the water company, after two denials, to attend a rate conference, Editor Baker refused to accept the settlement offer, has been barred from all future meetings. Meanwhile Editor Baker holds proxies...