Word: ve
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Truex's quick, frozen smile and suburban fussiness, Anders' handwringing and close attention to business, Miss Watkins' gentle hysterics, actually produce an evening's entertainment. Manhattan audiences blushed for as much as at such lines as (Anders): "What has happened to our love? I've become just a biological accomplice...
Advised Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, who was forced to leave Washington early this summer with throat trouble, to extend his vacation until Sept. 1. Said Secretary Woodin: "There is nothing wrong with my throat. I've had it tested for everything from cancer to leprosy, but the doctors tell me it's nothing more than the climate. . . . The boss keeps after me to take it easy. He is very sympathetic and understanding...
Plunder & Death, Cautiously at first, then rapidly, joyously, riotously Havana's streets became full. With no soldiers to stop them this time, a swelling mob burst into the Palace, smashing, ransacking, pillaging "I've got Machado's sheets!" screamed a negress. Other mobsters tore the mosquito netting from the President's bed. Smarter thieves stole silverware and fine porcelain. The Presidential water filter attracted one patriot who wheeled it drunkenly away. Others threw avocados and oranges at tapestries and paintings. The sidewalks outside were littered ankle-deep with debris hurled from the windows...
...reminded newshawks that the "Royal Scot's" 300-mi. trip between London and Carlisle (80 mi. from Edinburgh) is the longest non-stop train-trip in the world, with the train averaging 60 m.p.h. Bragged Stoker Jackson: "But she can do a bit more than that. We've had her up to 100." "Better say 90," cautioned Engineer Gilbertson. "This is for the newspapers." Said Stoker Jackson: "Make it 90. We do more, you see, making up lost time some days, but if folks in England knew we did it might put them off, in a manner...
...Emporia. They went together to the bank. All night long the lights burned in the Fidelity State & Savings while they checked over securities. As doubt was cast on more and more bonds, hope faded. The bank did not open in the morning, but Warren Finney said, "All I've got will be used to take care of the home folk first...