Word: executioner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Deep down in his heart many a pious U. S. farmer firmly believes that the great Drought of 1934 was the work of God, angry at Tugwellian efforts to thwart His bounty. Yet the same God has so far failed to register His displeasure with another program for the willful...
Invading the realms of Sherlock Holmes, Warner Oland, as the general Chinese detective, Charlie Chan, transfers the scene of his activities to London in the current features at the R.K.O. Boston, entitled "Charlie Chan in London." In murder mysteries the important feature is the story and this time it is...
This is the one about the lady spy whose espionage and counter espionage is complicated by affairs of the heart. "Stamboul Quest," concerning the exploits of Myrna Loy as a German secret service agent, bears too striking resemblance to the well-known story of Mata Hari, and suffers accordingly. Despite...
British Agent (First National) shows a pair of international agents up to their customary tricks, of spying on each other while they fall in love. Stephen Locke (Leslie Howard) goes to Moscow to prevent Russia from signing a separate peace with Germany. Elena (Kay Francis) is Lenin's secretary, detailed...
The significance of burly, red-faced Tom McKeown's defeat was that his successor is likely to be unique among House characters in the next Congress. Winner of the Democratic nomination was Judge "P. L." Gassaway whose first name is, though few Oklahomans know it, Percy. Judge Gassaway has...