Word: smelted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Familiar to residents of southern California is the grunion, or sand-smelt (Athenmdae), a little fish that comes out on the beach at high tide, stands on its tail and dances in the moonlight. But few Cahfornians have inquired into the reason tor this strange nocturnal dance. In the May issue of Field & Stream, Fisherman Neil Frost described a grunion run, explained the dance...
...last week. Before he caught his train he announced that he would, on his return, start an investigation to determine the economic effects on farming which the manufacture of beer might bring. Aware that Secretary Hyde had just been closeted with President Hoover, newshawks who have fancied they smelt the beer idea brewing in the White House for the past fortnight (TIME, Sept. 28) rushed to find out if the President had suggested the Hyde investigation. No. said Secretary Hyde, he just wanted to provide himself with a set of facts-the better to answer many farmers' queries...
...Augusta, Me., Harold D. Jennings, treasurer of Central Maine Power Co., president of the city aldermen, was fishing for smelt. A salmon ate his bait. He had no license to catch salmon, yelled to S. Sewell Webster, city clerk, nearby, to make him out a salmon-catching license, got it, hauled in his salmon...