Word: whaled
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...white whale (Delphinapterus leucas) is a splendid denizen of the arctic deeps. The young, three or four feet long at birth, are black; the adults, 16 to 18 feet long, are milky white. They have highly developed blood systems in the chest region, and their brains are plentifully supplied with blood...
With an ample budget to splurge on sets and costumes, with two fine leads and a capable supporting cast, Director James Whale has cooked up a rip-snortin' film paced and climaxed with plenty of gusto. Here's another case history to show that when moviedom is in command of its medium the result is grand entertainment...
Economically they are almost as dependent on Germany as they are on Britain and France. Next to Britain, Germany is the largest buyer of Danish butter, eggs and cattle. From Norway, Sweden and Finland, Germany buys ores, whale oil and timber, supplying them with machinery, chemical goods and ships. In the last war the northern neutrals got rich, all except violated Belgium. And Germany would have been strangled economically if it had not been for shipments from Scandinavia...
Remember the Iron Duke? A stout old whale, with twelve-inch steel skin.* Forward of her two tall funnels, forward of her bridge-balancing tripod mast, in a heavily armored conning tower, calm little Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Fleet, stood giving orders during the biggest battle of them all, Jutland...
...Revenue Act of 1938 Congress put a prohibitive excise tax of 3? a pound on whale oil produced with the aid of foreign killer ships. This does not benefit U. S. harpooners because there are none but it suits U. S. farm and fish lobbies, because whale oil competes in a small way with domestic oils and fats in soap making. The whalers sponsored an amendment postponing the excise for five years. Last week Congress adjourned without acting on it. To Whaler Isbrandtsen that meant: 1) buying a fleet of killer ships (estimated cost of eight if U. S. built...