Word: high
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...slow hum of Zeppelins at night was World War I's high horror note for civilians of Britain and France.* This war's note was so confidently expected to be the shattering bellow of dive-bombers that congested areas of France and England were evacuated before war was declared. Through last week, no such note was heard except for a non-bombing visit toward Paris by a few Nazi reconnaissance ships, who retreated as soon as spotted, and a jittery performance near Britain's big Thames-mouth base at Chatham...
...When it did, the results were accounted the greatest single factor leading to Germany's final collapse. The Blockaders under Lord Robert (later League-loving Viscount) Cecil gradually pushed neutrals into yielding belligerent Britain's right to have the Royal Navy arrest neutral shipping on the high seas, and "examine" its cargoes...
...Lancaster Yeomanry and Royal Flying Corps and a public career closely parallel to that of President Viscount ("Czecho-Slovakia") Runciman of the Board of Trade, for which Mr. Cross has been Parliamentary Secretary. By trade a merchant-banker, six-foot Ronald Cross has before now earned personal preferment as high as Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty's Household in 1937. As lord-master of neutral shipping, he will now be a key war figure, with Viscount Cecil's record to shoot...
Ships of the U. S. Merchant Marine (see p. 63) picked up the message and put on more steam for port. Ships of France, Italy, Germany and many of England had for the most part already abandoned the high seas-a fact which portended a cargo jam at U. S. ports...
They are two mild Cleveland youths named Jerry Siegel, who writes the continuity, and Joe Shuster, who draws the pictures. Shuster went to the Cleveland School of Art and Siegel just went to high school. Last year they started something called the American Authors'* League to help ambitious and unknown authors, decided to begin by helping themselves, and concentrated on comic strips. Superman, the only one they have sold, first turned up in Action Comics, a monthly, was taken up by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate last January. It now appears in New York City, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Milwaukee...