Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...After midnight one night last week, three cars sped up to the gate of the high-walled U. S. Naval Base in Brooklyn, N. Y., where are stored the Atlantic fleet's supplies. Out leaped six men. A guard felt the tickly touch of revolver muzzles, swung open the gate. Into the wide Naval Depot yard swept the cars. The guard was forced to unlock the door of the eight-story main building. Then the raiders trussed him up, plastered his mouth with adhesive tape, locked him in the Depot detention...
...continued buying. The only thing that stood in the way was reason: long had speculators seemed to ignore reason. For the first three days, Panic held sway. Led by U. S. Steel, stocks dropped to new lows. Again there were tales of a "banking consortium" holding secret midnight meetings, tales of the "great bear pool...
...Bang! Bang! Bang! Three shots rang out on the midnight...
...fancy supper will be served to guests somewhat after midnight, at which time the various entertainments will be presented...
Last week the astronomers notified the public that the hours from midnight to dawn during the week of November 11 would be the best possible time to watch the sky for the return of the long lost Leonids, a shower of meteors which, due to appear most brilliantly in 1932 should begin to be visible this month...