Word: turning
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...style strike had produced a crop of arrests, some old-style violence. Most notable: Picket Lulu Darling, somewhat mauled in a scuffle in front of Hale Bros., complained to police about the store owner's athletic young nephew, Prentis Cobb Hale, Jr., who swore in turn he had not hit the lady...
...Czechoslovak President Eduard Benes faced the crisis of his career. Fortnight ago the "maximum concessions" which the Czechoslovak Government believed it possible to make to Sudeten Germans without shattering its own sovereignty were offered in Premier Milan Hodza's "Plan No. 3," which Hitler promptly had the Sudetens turn down. The President then took over from the Premier, drafted and released...
With 1,500,000 Germans armed, mobilized and ready at the frontiers of their country to attack or defend, Adolf Hitler mobilized another 1,500,000 Germans in Nürnberg last week. He then proceeded to turn the annual Nazi Party Congress into a great, step-by-step building of war fright throughout Europe. The evident object was to bluff Czechoslovakia and her friends into the best possible deal for the Sudeten Germans and give Hitler another triumph to flash before his people...
...item of Hollywood technique will be signalized only when critics give it the final seal of their approval by not mentioning it at all. Valley of the Giants is photographically far enough ahead of its time to deserve this type of accolade. Rich forest greens, the deep tones of turn-of-the-century interiors, the cheerful glow of full bottles on a well-stocked bar help immeasurably to give the picture character and substance. Its life blood, however, is a story which, although it is a throwback to silent cinema classics, has derived through them some of the heroic sweep...
...Principal Hoxton is popular among his boys, whom he calls "Ol Bill" or "Ol Joseph." Long abandoned is the old school rule that "no student .shall sing any Negro or low song," but such practices as smoking and drinking are strictly regulated. Prime aim of the school is to turn out "Christian gentlemen." Its honor system is scrupulously enforced. The boys themselves once stoned from the grounds a student caught stealing...