Word: drove
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Contrite Heart. In Wichita Falls, Tex., a hard-pressed citizen beat up his wife, then repentantly drove her to the police station where she had him jailed...
...drove his girl to suicide
...prize drawing card. Once, when he called a lady Oakland evangelist "sexy-looking," her congregation picketed the Examiner. A great gagster, Freddie rented a beard and paraded with the pickets. He also crusaded against Elmer ("Bones") Remmer, owner of San Francisco's three biggest gambling houses, and drove Bones out of business. (When offered a $500-a-month bribe to lay off, he hid a microphone and got a transcript of the offer; it made juicy reading...
...home, held a wake and a $996 funeral, including $15 for a ringing ministerial eulogy. Last week the family had cause to regret its lavishness. The sons & daughters had started getting cards signed "Dad" from Corrigan's Lumber Camp, Upson, Wis. Startled, two sons got in their car, drove to Upson, found August comfortably curled up on a logging-camp bunk...
Cheerio! A whistling cab driver drove them to the lodge at Mayerling, where they spent their last evening writing chummy notes to their friends and relatives. Rudolph signed one note with...