Word: gunning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...furious Fascists formed themselves instantly into a corps of gleaners and rushed about garnering as the leaflets fell, but the snow of propaganda was too heavy for them; thousands fell into the hands of citizens. Out at Rome's airport mechanics rushed from store rooms with loaded machine gun belts. Pursuit planes took off. The mysterious plane disappeared, has not been seen since...
...Francesco Galiano, 64, an elegant gentleman who had once been his partner, whose son had married a Di Luglio daughter. Banker Di Luglio had heard that Banker Galiano had said evil things about Dante State Bank. Whipping out a .32-cal. revolver he pulled the trigger four times. The gun did not go off. Banker Galiano grabbed for his own revolver, fired into the wall. Banker Di Luglio grabbed the gun away, bashed elegant Mr. Galiano in the head with it. Mr. Galiano was taken to a hospital. Mr. Di Luglio went to jail where he refused bail, asked permission...
...session opened with the usual drill on fundamentals, and wound up with a 40-minute signal drill, punctuated by the coach's gun. The list of guards available for Saturday's tussle will not include Healey and Rogers, who are out with slight injuries...
...Monday morning the Police of New York City issued the statement that the city had one of the most peaceful twenty-four hours in its history. No suicides or automobiles fatalities, nor any injuries by knife or gun were reported from Saturday evening until Sunday afternoon. Unfortunately this record was marred when a woman in Brooklyn stopped a stray bullet, the police shamefacedly admit...
Last week Gangster Capone, with a bodyguard of eight including "Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, attended the Northwestern-Nebraska football game at Evanston, Ill. This time the players did not greet him. And when the spectators learned of Capone's presence among them they raised a storm of angry booing. "I came to see the game," said Gangster Capone. "I'm going to stick...