Word: pooled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Evansville, Ind. three years ago Don Hurley Cantner celebrated his first birthday by joining the Young Men's Christian Association, trying out the swimming pool. On his second birthday he joined the Baker Friendly Indian Club, receiving a coupstick signifying bravery in battle. On his third birthday he was initiated as the youngest GraY member in Evansville. This year he celebrated his fourth birthday by joining the Junior Optimist Club...
...article then became fully explanatory: "[Opposition to Nazi anti-Semitism] is irreconcilable with the friendship that binds us to Germany." It looked as though Mussolini and Hitler, having promised to pool their common problems (TIME, May 17), had come to a gentleman's agreement whereby Mussolini would now give open support to Hitler's Jew-baiting...
...State's underwater territory was not neglected by California oil companies. By 1934 about 100 wells had been drilled by independent companies on town lots at Huntington Beach, whip-stocked down through beach property owned by Standard Oil Co. of California and out into the State oil pool. Caught at this, the companies were penalized only by being forced to pay 14% royalties or less on the stolen oil. Next year a special investigating committee found that Standard had also been tapping the State pool with vertical wells. Standard offered to pay $100,000 in back royalties-an offer...
...trigger was tripped, the clock stopped, making Mervin E. Anderson, 31-year-old Fairbanks bus driver, whose guess of 8:02 p. m. was nearest correct, some $75,000 richer. Day before Guesser Anderson split with another guesser the $3,500 first prize in another similar pool based on the movement of ice in the Chena River at Fairbanks...
...this summer, using a 28-ft. runabout now being built by Gar Wood as a tender. Philante is "the most luxurious motor yacht afloat." She is 263 ft., 1.612 tons, has a crew of 50, cost $1,250,000. The interior, designed by Mrs. Sopwith, contains a tiled swimming pool, gymnasium, eight guest staterooms and a hospital. When he goes "out to the States" in June, Skipper Sopwith will sail in the Queen Mary...