Word: sanding
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...said that in California, another active quake region, buildings are anchored to solid rock which shifts less than sand or gravel foundation bases...
...13th day of Wake's hopeless, gallant fight. For the first time since the Japanese had struck on the morning of Dec. 8, the bright, pitiless Pacific sky was dulled. Over that tiny speck of sand on the 167th meridian east of Greenwich the clouds hung mercifully low. Those Marines of the original 378 who were still on their feet worked with tight-lipped earnestness against the next attack...
General Erwin Rommel squeezed the remnants of his Afrika Korps out of a tight spot last week. After waiting desperately for reinforcements to support his stand at Agedábia, Rommel, under cover of a sand storm, beat a successful 100-mile retreat to el-Aghéila, southwest of Agedábia-closer to his own base and source of reinforcements. The storm was so bad that British mobile units could not keep up with him. Once again Rommel had shown smart generalship in coping with a superior enemy...
...soldier offered me his shovel. I took it and unconsciously traced the characters "Father" and "Mother" in the soft sand. Then I erased them and wrote the names of my wife and children. I touched the good-luck omen my mother had given me and I thought of her prayers for my safety. . . . I murmured: "I don't want to die. Can nothing help me?" I put my hand on my heart as though to stop its pounding and told myself that this was not fear. But I was apologizing to myself. For that's what...
Died. Otis Skinner, 83, U.S. stage star for nearly 40 years; father of Actress Cornelia Otis Skinner; of uremia; in Manhattan. Known best for his high-flavored characterization in romantic roles (Kismet, The Honor of the Family, Blood and Sand), he played some 325 parts in his career, appeared in 16 of Shakespeare's plays, produced and directed more than 30 shows...