Word: short
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...State of siege was extended to all towns and villages in the defense areas. All lighthouses and lightships except one were blacked out. Banks whipped their gold over to Amsterdam. Buses were requisitioned, trains held in readiness to evacuate civilians. Army reservists were called to duty. Some on such short notice that they reported for pillbox and blockhouse duty still in wooden shoes...
Tension was increased when at the border town of Venlo (see map), a Dutch car drew up just short of the line. Two men got out, one a member of the Dutch secret service. From the German side of the border came a car carrying six men in plain clothes, evidently Gestapo. They jumped out shooting. The Dutch sleuth fell. The Nazis dragged him and his comrade across the border into Germany, also kidnapping two other men who had sat talking in a nearby tavern...
...broadcasts, which will deal with such subjects of American civilization as "The Meaning of the Western Movement" and "The Economic Integration of the United States," are to be produced, shortly after the mid-year examination period, by the short wave, non-commercial radio station WRUL...
...Shortly after half-time, the Lamarmen began to click, reaching the 25-yard stripe in short order. Here, Ed Buckley faded back and fired a fifteen yard pass to Hal Tine who scampered over for the second tally. The kick was wide...
...Terriers faded badly in the last stanza, allowing the Jayvees to push over two touchdowns, one on a pass from "Squibby" Squibb to Gordon and the other on a short pass, Bigwood to Kayser. Fumbling the pass from center in an attempted kick for the extra point, Feary plunged over through a maze of Terrier tacklers to make the score...