Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...strict interpretation of the Treaty of Ghent upholds the contention of the Andrew Jackson society that "Old Hickory's" victory on Jan. 8, 1815 at New Orleans, fell within the period of hostilities. But a strict interpretation of the Treaty also indicates that a British victory at New Orleans would have been nullified since signatories agreed to restore conquered territory...
...those that dwell beyond the Sea." This indicates that the tablets were written between 485 B. C., when he mounted the throne, and 480 when, bamboozled by Themistocles, he sent his fleet to be soundly whipped by the Greeks at Salamis. After that his empire fell stagnant and he was finally murdered by a vizier...
...Terrifying to Congressmen, the ranks of Old Age Revolving Pensions, Ltd. have swelled & swelled as oldsters from coast to coast planked down their 10?-per-month dues in the happy faith that they would soon be getting back $200 per month from the Government. Last week the Townsend legion fell victim to the disaster which has humbled many a proud army in the past-dissension...
Golden Miller, winner in 1934, fell at the first fence. His jockey remounted but the Miller refused at Valentine's Brook and was withdrawn. Avenger, overnight favorite because the track was soft, fell at the first jump the second time round, broke his neck, had to be shot. At odds of 100-to-1, Lord Mildmay's stallion Davy Jones took the lead from the start and held it the second time around, over Becher's Brook, around the Canal Turn and past Valentine's Brook. There were two jumps left before the finish...
Mayor McNair declared a legal holiday. Businessmen in the Triangle were told to lock what doors they could reach, turn the keys over to Guardsmen. Bread sold at 30? per loaf, candles at four for $1. As night fell on the lightless city the flood was still rising. In the Roosevelt Hotel water lapped the lobby ceiling. Above stairs 575 guests and employees were marooned without heat, food or water. Two cinema theatres were flooded to their balconies. Above the flood line, the William Penn and Pittsburgher Hotels were jammed. Guests ate by candlelight, toiled up stairs and found their...