Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Warm Springs, the President went swimming in the glass-enclosed pool, drove over the red-clay Georgia roads in a brand-new Ford touring car (license: FDR). In Gainesville, he took his first ride in one of the new cars which he will henceforth use when exhibiting himself to crowds . Specially built 16-cylinder, nine-passenger Cadillacs, they have handles on the windshield for Secret Service men, a stock of tear gas bombs in a compartment behind the driver's seat. Floor space behind the compartment contains plenty of room for the President to lie down in, in case...
...Yardling knows where he wants to go and wants a ride. Another offers a ride to that place, but nothing happens...
...notices have recently been posted on the Bulletin of the Union, one reading, "Wanted a ride to Cleveland," and another, "Wanted a passenger to Cleveland," and they have remained there for the last two weeks...
Upon investigation, it was found that while the man who wished the ride boasted of being home from seven to nine o'clock, he was not, and the one who offered the ride could not be reached on the telephone number he gave...
...YORK, March 21 Arriving here today on the Queen Mary, the Cambridge University Rugby squad of 22 players were shown the city from the air. The American Airlines placed at their disposal two planes, taking them for a joy-ride over Manhattan...