Word: redeemed
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...usual there is one carefree pilot who has to combat the dislike of his companions, sober up after causing the death of a conscientious man, and finally redeem himself by a glorious death while on a dangerous volunteer mission. This time the flyer is John Carroll, who does a better-than-average job with the part, but it doesn't make much difference because the idea is so hackneyed by now. On hand also to fill a necessary part of the old triangle is nurse and war worker Anna Lee. Her heart belongs to the handsome squadron commander, John Wayne...
...Workers who move to new jobs pawn clothes, jewelry, watches, radios and cameras to get railway fare. When they get their first checks they redeem the goods by mail. A Los Angeles shop sent a radio on to a workman in Honolulu last week. Into one shop walked a carpenter who had borrowed $80 last year to get to a construction job in Alaska. He repaid his loan and gave the proprietor $1,400 in cash for safekeeping...
...Soldiers, sailors and Marines, bent on fun or a furlough home, hock rings, watches, civvies, tailor-made officer uniforms, trench coats, portable radios-anything but Government-issued goods, which hock shops cannot accept. To the amazement of pawnbrokers, servicemen are quick to redeem their property-especially the ubiquitous wrist watch inscribed from the "girl back home...
Everywhere the Japs struggled to redeem the scorched earth left by departing saboteurs. One refugee guessed that so many wells had been wrecked in Burma and the Indies that another six months would go by before the Japs had oil in sufficient quantities. Another estimated that to redrill all the ruined wells would take 18% of Japan's steel production...
Operated under stringent federal laws, the pawnshop avoids taking in stolen goods by registering borrowers' identification cards and fingerprints with police headquarters. Proceeds from the sale of pawned goods go to the borrower, less what he owes and a 10% commission. Borrowers, if unable to redeem pledges, must be notified in time to attend auctions...