Word: sheltering
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...authorities have warned the public not to seek shelter in the subways, branding them as unsafe; but according to the official air raid regulations, "passengers in trains or stations should stay there." As the most puzzling paradox of all struck us the proclamation plastered over the windows of all public conveyances: WHEREVER YOU ARE-BE CALM-BE QUIET-DON'T SHOUT-F. H. LaGuardia...
About half an hour later more or less, some of the men with bandages on their arms persuaded the dog to stop barking. And they helped him into a nearby shelter. After that, there were no further delays, except when the ambulance almost got stuck on the schoolyard fence and one of the cars stalled...
...best individual air raid shelter...
...Became a "bombproof shelter" for masterpieces from all sections of the country...
...will remain, to all appearances unchanged. Yes, externally the same, the Lampoon Building will still exist, heedless of the swirling currents of humanity that pass and crash at its corner. But inside its three walls things will be different, for after having served the functional purpose of an airraid shelter during the War, the Lampoon will have been turned over to the Boston Elevated Railway as a subway station...