Word: sheltering
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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John Stink refused, for many years, to live in a man-made shelter of any kind. A member of the firm of McLaughlin & Farrar, Indian traders and storekeepers, was appointed guardian for the eccentric old fellow and his simple needs were met with supplies that cost very little of his accumulating cash...
...Chico (James Stewart), Paris sewer rat whose ambition was to be a street-washer, rescued Diane (Simone Simon) from her sister, who was beating her with a strap, he wondered why he did it. His emotions became even more puzzling when, after he had agreed to give Diane temporary shelter in his garret, he found that he did not want to let her go. Not until he saw Diane in a wedding dress he had bought her, did it finally dawn on him that he was in love. That was on the day in 1914 that War started. They...
...Jean-Louis Barrault) hiding in his rooms after assassinating the Prime Minister. Unwillingly stirred by sympathy, Razumov tries to help Haldin escape, but is trapped into betraying him. Tsarist police then force him to become their tool among the other conspirators, who think Razumov a hero because he gave shelter to Haldin. With the only alternatives dishonor or death, the tortured student finally makes his choice...
...scheme to enlarge the Monroe Doctrine, so that in case of war the United Kingdom would enjoy shelter under this U. S. umbrella, was outlined to Their Lordships last week by the Marquess of Lothian, fresh from the U. S. Alarmed by what he had learned of U. S. neutrality legislation, Lord Lothian warned that in the next war Britain may not only find it impossible to borrow from the U. S. but suffer even more. "In certain circumstances we may be debarred from buying raw materials and foodstuffs," cried the Marquess, "even if we have the cash...
...coast, attack New York. Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, St. Louis by air. Lieut.-Col. Prentiss holds that, if such a fantastic possibility materialized, incendiary bombs and high explosives would be more harmful than gas. To be effective, gas requires masses of human beings at ground level and without adequate shelter. War gas is heavy. Even if the enemy had the tremendous number of planes and material to blanket one square mile of Manhattan, the inhabitants would need only to seek upper stories of houses and buildings, close their windows and wait for masked degassing squads to clean...