Word: verden
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Verden, Okla., 587 strong, had expected Pete's arrival ever since Saturday when a bill collector called on Nell and she brought a big roll of bills out of her purse. About half the town was in the street when Pete and his fellow-convict, Frank Tindol, arrived, but they all retired gracefully feeling that Pete and his wife would rather be alone...
...people were betrayed into Christianity by Emperor Charlemagne 1,100 years ago is a proposition only recently established by Dr. Rosenberg. Charlemagne represented an "alien principle" (Christianity) whereas the Saxons with whom he did battle were archetypal Nazis fighting for "blood and soil." Charlemagne slew 4,500 Saxons at Verden and there this spring Dr. Rosenberg had a monument of 4,500 stone blocks erected in their honor. Unmoved by twits from the Catholic press for rewriting history to suit his own beliefs, Dr. Rosenberg orated: "After, 1,000 years . . . the will of the old Saxons became victorious through national...