Word: janitors
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second item is indefinable. It is a metal contrivance consisting of a large rounded case, a long shaft, and a few wheels. The first janitor says that it is a mowing machine while the sceptic claims it is the start of an automobile...
...first was an enormous electrical appliance. One janitor, in the know about the science of electricity, calls the work a "brain-tester," while another janitor, a sceptic, firmly believes the gadget is a do luxe Sing-Sing model of an electric chair...
...janitor said that Wales was a quiet, likeable chap with a flare for working with his hands. He stated that Wales kept all his tools in his room at B-31. The other janitor was not quite so convinced that Wales was a likeable chap. "He told me to sit in the chair and have my brains tested, but I didn't like the look in his eye and I didn't like the looks of the machine," this one announced...
Almost immediately Archambeau became famous as the janitor who dusts his own bust. He was very much alive then, and he still is, though only through a miracle...
General Miaja forced the janitor to give him the letter then and there, discovered that the Cabinet had given him "full powers" either to defend Madrid or surrender it on the best terms he could...