Word: sneaking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Windsor Castle, Guardsman Harris of Edward of Wales's own Welsh Guards was court-martialed for falling asleep at his post while the King and Queen were in residence! "I felt ill, sir." said Guardsman .Harris, "and everything went black-like in front of me." At Buckingham Palace sneak thieves sneaked into the Royal Mews and stole from the hooks where it hung the solid gold bosses, buckles, and bangles that glitter on the scarlet leather harness of the eight horses that pull the state coach...
While his retirement was making news last week, sneak-thieves entered Headmaster Northrop's North Side apartment, filched $15,000 worth of his wife's jewels...
Hard to Handle (Warner). In his recent expositions of modern careers of danger & daring, James Cagney has been a gangster, gambler, taxidriver, auto-racer and sneak-thief, all with perfect Brooklyn-Irish sangfroid. In Hard to Handle he is a flip, beady-eyed, irresponsible publicist, as unlike Ivy Lee, to whom he compares himself, as possible. When he promotes a marathon dance he falls in love with one of the contestants (Mary Brian) and has to run away from her mother (Ruth Donnelly) when his partner steals the prize money. Disaster, as usual, encourages Cagney. He promotes a treasure hunt...
...TIME out to belittle Mr. Hoover? If so, why? Such tactics are pursued only by the weak, and ill bred. If TIME disapproves of Mr. Hoover's policies, well and good, but tell us your reasons in a big way. Don't insinuate, don't sneak in behind and then waste the time of your readers with such trash. I am ashamed to have your issue on my table. (MRS.) MABEL POTTER PAYNE...
...hello! hello, there!" he shrilled before Senator Shortridge could sneak decently out of sight. Bubbling enthusiastically, Mr. McAdoo insisted upon shaking the Shortridge hand...