Word: fields
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...virtually a "straw man," repeatedly refusing to commit himself and saying he must first consult Berlin; 2) that unless Britain again issued a firm warning to Germany, Lord Runciman might not be able to keep the situation in hand. In Central Europe, chancelleries buzzed with a story that German Field Marshall Hermann Wilhelm Göring had just told foreign diplomat: "I have definite information that in case the German Army marches into Czechoslovakia the British will not lift a finger...
...hours, ran 6½ miles; how the mayor of Pudsey sent him a telegram after every 50 runs; how, when he surpassed Don Bradman's record, the game was interrupted, all the players shook his hand, a waiter in tails and white tie scampered onto the field with a drink of lemonade, 30,000 spectators rose as one and sang For He's a Jolly Good Fellow...
...prime importance are the preventive measures of the U. S. Public Health Service, carried out under the guidance of Dr. Clifford Rush Eskey. With shotguns and traps, field crews roam the country, killing rats and squirrels at sight. Rat burrows are sprayed with calcium cyanide. Rat-proofing of buildings is strongly urged, and, when necessary, incoming ships are fumigated. By such constant, vigilant rat-catching, Dr. Eskey expects to forestall an epidemic such as Los Angeles had, in 1924, when 24 people were stricken...
Chicago -- Washington's Redskins, world professional champions, tonight were 2 to 1 favorites to defeat the pick of 1937 college elevens in the fifth annual charity football game under the floodlights in Soldiers Field...
When Thomas H. Leary, special Cambridge police officer, returned from his vacation, he was alarmed to find that a practical joker had field papers for him as a candidate for delegate to the Democratic state convention...