Word: mouthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Close to the mouth of the Polish Corridor lies the Free City of Danzig with a population predominantly German. Nearly three years ago Danzig's citizens went to the polls and voted overwhelmingly for a pro-Nazi local government. Last year Danzig's ancient Hanseatic flag was given a corner in the Nazi Swastika flag, Nazi Leader Albert Forster publicly acknowledged his loyalty to Adolf Hitler, and the world waited to see how soon Germany would openly annex the Baltic city...
...tars of South Shields, England's coal-exporting town that slumps at the mouth of the River Tyne, were excited last month as word flashed through local labor exchanges that Tynemouths Ltd., shipping contractors, wanted unemployed seamen for a special job. Last week, under the command of John W. Sinks, Cunard White Star captain, retired in 1934 after 35 years of service, the 65 seamen picked in South Shields emerged from third class of the liner Berengaria in Manhattan. Their "special job''-with the help of 40 Canadians and 40 U. S. engineers and fire...
...Milch Galleries, a young U. S. painter of romantic renown showed 19 unusual paintings of the Maine coast. Husky Stephen Etnier, Yale '26, married pretty Elizabeth Jay, of Westbury, L. L, and took her to sea on his schooner, the Morgana. Then they bought an island at the mouth of the Kennebec River and retreated from the world. Results: from Mrs. Etnier, a best-selling diary, On Gilbert Head; from Mr. Etnier, more & better clean, sea-breezy paintings of clambakes, sailing ships, ocean. In getting off-shore glitter, cool sky and the white spots of human figures into...
Teeth chattering and lips blue as a ring of a spectators goaded him on in the Union Friday night, Homer D. Peabody '41 popped his nineteenth consecutive dish of ice cream into his mouth and succeeded David "Kentucky" Mitchell '41 as college ice cream king...
...take direct control of the Erie by acquiring the 50% of Erie stock held by C. & 0. owned Virginia Transportation Corp. and Alleghany Corp. But, as was proved last week, formal adoption by a rich uncle did not put a silver spoon into Erie's mouth...