Word: going
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...deputy sheriffs routed 200 fashionable guests who were allegedly playing bingo and tango games, seized paraphernalia as evidence, let a pretty brunette go, arrested four men. A florid man named John F. Garrison identified himself as Chancellor of the Consulate, promised to appear in the Culver City justice court at week...
...people. Apparently no one woke up to the fact that the Reich's war-will was being rapidly undermined. Finally, Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop rushed to the Führer. It was not until 12:30, the hour when the Berlin station had been scheduled to go back on the air anyhow, that an official denial was broadcast from the Reich Chancellery itself-that is, from Adolf Hitler's own headquarters, which never before had stooped to deny a public rumor...
...What I want from Mr. Chamberlain is complete frankness. . . . What Mr. Chamberlain has got to declare now is whether he is going to bomb Berlin or not. If he does the consequences will go far beyond our maddest intentions and will be quite different from anything either we or Herr Hitler contemplate. If not, the sooner we stop the war and arrange for the tabling of our respective grievances. . . the better. . . . Our Premier's pledge to Poland was quite explicit. We were to come to her aid 'with all our resources,' which meant that when the first...
...know why the American Spitzbuben [young rascals] detained us,' he said. 'I am pledged that the enemy shall not get us. I would rather go down and shoot myself...
...beginning of this year Britain had about seven bombers for every three pursuit ships; and they are good bombers. The Vickers Wellington can go almost 300 m.p.h., and has ample range to strike at Berlin-3,240 miles. Smaller, just as fast, the Bristol Blenheim (range: 1,125 miles) is one of Great Britain's main standbys. And the mysterious Bristol Beaufort is too fast and too good to be described to the public...