Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...entrance to Leverett House there is an impressive tablet commemorating the Harvard men who fell in the War. In the hall, the other day, a blue-jacketed messenger boy was seen scratching his head in sore perpierity. Stopping one of the men, he queried, "Hey, bud, does Smith live in this here place...
Dark Victory (by George Brewer Jr. & Bertram Bloch; Alexander McKaig, producer). At least one star fell on Alabama when Tallulah Bankhead was born at Huntsville 32 years ago. Without tarrying long on the stage of her native land, this daughter of a Congressman and niece of a Senator went to England where she played in a dozen successes, settled in a luxurious little house in Farm Street, drove a flashing green Bentley. She was publicly and privately idolized by enthusiastic followers who took her for the personification of Sex. Last year Miss Bankhead came home to act in a featherweight...
...right hand, he grasped each ear off its stalk tight in his left hand, ripped away the husks with his right, snapped the ear from its stem. Bang-bang-bang went the hard husked ears of bright corn against the tall bangboard-about 40 per minute. Balko fell farther and farther behind in the race down the field, but his wagon box was filling faster. Drenched with sweat, he husked the corn on his own rows quicker than a man could pick...
Married. James Andrew Moffett, Federal Housing Administrator; and Mrs. Adeline Stillwell Moran, widow of Joseph F. Moran, wealthy shipbuilder; in Manhattan, 16 days after Mr. Moffett's estranged wife fell to death from a Manhattan apartment (TIME...
...less middle-class ideas. When her parents refused to fall in line, she ran away from home to London and freedom. Stenography saved her from starvation, and a lucky encounter with a Lady Bountiful gave her a social secretary's job on easy street. A rich young socialite fell in love with her, and Etta leaned the same way herself, but she was a little too cautious to let go entirely. The War separated them, gave Etta another boost up the economic ladder. On his first leave Etta was prepared to give him all, but at the last minute...