Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...week a round-eyed dark-faced kinky-haired boy of 19 stood on a rug-draped platform of dried mud. To the rattle of war drums Ethiopian chieftains with lion-mane headdresses and gold embossed shields clustered protectively about the royal youngster. Across the field rolled a white-rimmed dust cloud out of which moved a horde of 100,000 yelling black warriors. Beyond the reviewing stand the troopers halted, faced to the north, where 100 miles away lay the town of Adowa. Then to a man they let out the old war cry of their country: "Ebalgume...
...think we routed Mussolini's tanks in the skirmish at Ualual?" roared a chief. "We routed them with cattle! Our bullets would not pierce the steel monsters, ,o we stampeded our herds against them. In the blinding dust raised by the brave beasts' hoofs our valorous warriors rushed upon the blinded Italian cowards! We shoved our rifles into the gun holes of their tanks-Bang! Bang! Bang!-We took possession of the bullet-proof machines...
...hysterical historical" sketches begin with George Washington discussing a radio broadcast about to be made by Martha, whom he keeps calling Eleanor. The opening of Annapolis serves as a background for a performing chow dog named Red Dust which comes in draped around a lady's neck like a fur piece and is, thereafter, in a state of almost continual collapse. Abraham Lincoln is master of ceremonies in a scene on the banks of the Potomac in 1865 which features a uniformed tenor singing "There's Moonlight in a Kiss" to a girl in crinoline. When President McKinley...
...case, and the three of them agreed to pool their resources, go prospecting for gold. Curtin, like Dobbs, was a greenhorn at the business, but luckily Howard was an oldtime prospector. He led them up through the mountains to a godforsaken spot, set them to work panning for gold dust. After many a long, backbreaking month they each had about $15,000 worth of gold. Just as they were getting ready to leave, another U. S. prospector found their hidden camp, promised them all a fortune if they would stay on with him. They might have been tempted if bandits...
With their precious bags of dust well-hidden in their saddlebags they started the perilous journey back to civilization. All went well until old Howard incautiously revived an apparently drowned Indian boy. The father's gratitude was so importunate that he insisted Howard make him an extended visit, to be properly rewarded and to try his skill on other patients. Curtin and Dobbs, taking Howard's share of gold and agreeing to meet him in the nearest city, went on alone. Soon bad blood broke out; each was afraid to sleep lest the other kill him. One night...