Word: frocks
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...their prisoner in Bolshevism's ominous new Lubianka Prison in the heart of Moscow, carefully took him instead to a onetime Tsarist prison in the suburbs, Butyrskaya. There they found an airtight setup. U. S. Citizen Rubens, who appeared decently dressed in a zipper-closed U. S. frock, was not permitted to talk freely or be alone even for a moment with Washington's representatives. A Soviet official took charge, had Mr. Henderson ask questions which had to be translated into Russian, then after each question told U. S. Citizen Rubens whether she was permitted to answer that...
...Palace in Tokyo, in a hall adorned with priceless golden screens and Japan's famed wall painting The Thousand Sparrows, the Imperial Council met. His Majesty bolt upright, his generals and admirals in full regalia, his civilian Cabinet in frock coats "Bismarck style," all sat before tables draped with costly old brocade. So much and no more was the authentic news of that fateful meeting that any foreign correspondent in Tokyo was able to obtain. The proceedings were veiled in almost religious secrecy. The event which immediately followed it could not however be concealed...
Shortly after noon, venerable Auctioneer Nathaniel Bacon Kinsey, clad in frock coat and beaver hat, climbed a platform, whanged a bell, started knocking down dogs. A farmer wanted $50 for his wire-haired "or keep your mouth shut." Another owner demanded "$100 or nothing" for a bird dog. Neither got it. "I am damned tired of these high-valued dogs," hollered Auctioneer Kinsey. "Get me some dogs I can sell for fifty cents. Bring them up here." Setters went for two or three dollars each. Ragged farmers who needed the money tearfully parted with prized hounds (see cut). Children...
...Hylan's committee to welcome home coming troops after the War. He soon became the city's official welcomer. For years no notable arrived in New York harbor-not Lindbergh, not Admiral Byrd nor Queen Marie of Roumania-without the press carrying pictures of Grover Whalen in frock coat and striped trousers, topper in hand, gardenia in buttonhole, steaming down the bay on the bridge of the municipal yacht Macom to extend the hospitality of the city...
...Capitol is the establishment of one of Senator Robinson's old friends, Undertaker Martin Wellington Hysong. Two weeks ago the Senator was there for dinner. Last week his body was brought to the undertaking rooms two floors below where he had dined. He was dressed in his frock coat and encased in a copper casket stippled over with silver which was stood in the same gloomy corner where the caskets of Senator Walsh and Senator Fletcher stood not long ago. The next morning 15 Senators led by Assistant Leader Barkley appeared at Hysong's. By orders...