Word: foule
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Another current suspicion was that Brothers, with no Chicago record as a gangster, was being "framed" by the Chicago Tribune as a means of winding up the whole foul Lingle mystery. The announcement of Brothers' capture, carefully timed for a Tribune scoop on the details, coincided with the first meeting of a special Grand Jury investigating Chicago crime and police. Offsetting the "frame-up" theory was the fact that nine unnamed witnesses of the murder had "positively identified" Brothers as the "big wavy-haired man with a glint in his blue eye" who had shot Lingle...
...against birth control: "The Catholic Church, to whom God has entrusted the defense of the integrity and purity of morals, standing erect in the midst of the moral ruin which surrounds her, in order that she may preserve the chastity of the nuptial union from being denied by this foul stain, raises her voice in token of Divine ambassadorship and through our mouth proclaims anew...
...game last night, which was probably the most exciting yet played on the new floor, opened slowly, with both teams fighting for a break. The entire first half was closely contested, fortune rather favoring the naval men, but Harvard saved a tie score at the half by a successful foul shot, which left the tally at 14 to 13 in favor of the University...
...Queen has learned through me that there was something foul about the official investigation of the fog deaths...
During the first half of the game Henry McGinnis, chairman of demonstration of the basketball board, and George Hoyt officiated. Stopping the game after each foul, they explained the ruling and penalty to the coaches and officials seated on the side-lines...