Word: watchful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...made out to Republican Bertrand W. ("Bud") Gearhart by a Mrs. Gertrude Achilles of Morgan Hill, Calif., urging passage of a bill to create John Muir-Kings Canyon National Park. Mr. Elliott had the check photostatted, sent it back to California for remailing, set the FBI to watch for its cashing, and told people to watch him catch Bud Gearhart taking a bribe. When he got the check, Bud Gearhart returned it to Mrs. Achilles honestly and promptly. Then he learned of Elliott's trap for him. Last week he defended himself before a full house, flayed Elliott...
...turn to testify before the Woodrum committee. Colonel Harrington spent a busy week getting 200.000 cut off his rolls to bring them down to 2,600.000. He knew this could not be done without local disturbances. Sure enough, in Flint. Mich., 750 families cut off relief established a "death watch'' camp in a public park, threatened to march on Flint's food warehouses...
Last month Home Secretary Sir Samuel Hoare announced in the House of Commons that a close watch was being kept on Nazi doings in Great Britain. The expulsion of two men and a woman, officials of German organizations, soon followed. The Nazis struck back by booting out of Hamburg three British businessmen. Last week six more German agents were ordered to pack their bags. Adolf Hitler's newsorgan, Völkischer Beobachter, fumed...
...elephants amused Vag no end. Maybe it was their huge strength that attracted him, or their soft and sensitive cars. But whatever it was, he loved to watch them eat peanuts out of his hand, and do amazing tricks at the trainer's command. But as Billy seemed so restless, Vag moved on into the big arena, to see the real show. Just as the sound of music, cracking whips, pistol shots, and cannons came to his car, Billy plucked at his coat. "Gee, I don't feel so good. Let's sit down a while. I don't want...
...Watch the water fountain this afternoon because Tom Healey rates as the number one Crimson water-drinker. He never misses a chance for a drink after an inning and usually gets one before and after. HARVARD COLUMBIA Johns, 2b rf, Stoltz Hoye, cf 1b, Stickel Grondahl, 3b cf, Radvilas Lupien, 1b 3b, Lambert Soltz or Lovett, lf ss, Luckman Tully, rf lf, Pill Fulton, c c, Desmond Keyes, ss 2b, Murphy Healey, p p, Dowd