Word: ve
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...into the woods and the rivers and the valleys. . . . You are going to plant trees and build fire lines and dam rivers. . . . You're going to work hard-all of you. If you still think you don't want to go through with it, you've still got time to go home. However, once you've taken this oath of enrollment, you are a member of this organization, and bound to it as firmly as if it were the United States Army...
...four years it was estimated he had circulated about $1,000,000 in bogus bills, including a $20 note with which Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau fooled his underlings (TIME, Sept. 9). ¶In Newark, N. J. police headquarters, a telephone rang and a man's voice said: "I've just killed three men. Come and get me." Police sped to the address he gave, found four slug-riddled corpses. After investigation they concluded that Charles Geary, angry because an aunt had left him out of her will, had killed his brother and two uncles before turning his shotgun...
...five hours a day, composed steadily in town throughout the summer, clad in beach shorts and shirt. From the beginning he was determined to have his opera indigenous to the U. S. He was fascinated by the beauty of Negro singing, the spontaneity of Negro acting. Said he: "They've tried the Indian dozens of times but unfortunately with little success...
...Arms of the University on the other hand, consist of the familiar three open books (silver on white) with covers, clasps, and edges (gold or yellow) and the letters VE RI TAS on the books in black. The background is bright, clear...
...Yard, in one of the Houses, had a somewhat different story to tell. He claimed that there was not so much stuff because lots of the men had their rooms the next year and thus didn't throw away much. "But as far pictures." he said. "I've got a whole collection of these things which were left behind. Lots of foreign posters, a good many etchings, and a lot of cheaper stuff the bar room scenes and murals...