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Word: underwear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...dozen scientists, some in their underwear, some in trousers, all in acute discomfort, at about the cabin of the Graf Zeppelin as she ambled one day last week from Friedrichshafen to Berlin, first stop on her 1931 Arctic cruise. To minimize the load, each man's baggage had been limited to the heavy fur & woolen clothing required in the Far North...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Aeronautics: Ford's Reliability | 8/3/1931 | See Source »

...train entered the outskirts of Vera Cruz, I saw two Mexican secret service men across the aisle watching my bunk. . . . I headed for the rear in my underwear as though I was going to wash. Then I slipped from the train and dressed under a box car. When I reached the American consulate I left my maps and went out to cable Mrs. Butler I was safe. . . . I learned later that they had spent two weeks dragging the bay as they felt sure I had fallen overboard. But I was restored to the Navy list and that ended that little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMY & NAVY: Butler to Grocers | 5/18/1931 | See Source »

...Manhattan a Federal judge heard a petition by Katz Underwear Co. to restrain "Katz" Pajamas, Inc. from the use of its corporate name. The judge denied the petition. But he remarked: "Some advantage accrued to the plaintiff through currency of the popular expression 'cat's pajamas,' indicating extreme approval...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 6, 1931 | 4/6/1931 | See Source »

...Lynn, Mass., Lois Taylor, 3, went out to play, garbed in felt hat, pink silk dress, scarf, and underwear, new shoes and rubbers. At midnight she returned in an old red sweater, red hat, dirty old shoes. Her pretty curls had been hacked away. Horrified, her mother told the police. Their discovery: Lois had played "house" with another little girl, had lent verisimilitude to her rôle of "father" by changing her clothes, cutting her locks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Feb. 23, 1931 | 2/23/1931 | See Source »

...better-known trade-names are College Girl, Modart, Venus, Solitaire, Last week it was reported that Associated will expand still further in the intimate industry of personal garments. Final details were said to be near conclusion for a merger between Associated and Munsingwear, Inc., big maker of underwear and stockings for men, women, children. In Minneapolis is the main Munsingwear plant, where some 3,000 workers are kept busy by 1,546 sewing machines, 650 needle-knitting machines. Also in Minneapolis is the main Munsingwear office, where a potent board of warmly clothed directors including Flourman Charles Stinson Pillsbury watches...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Deals & Developments | 1/26/1931 | See Source »

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