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Word: whats (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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To a rambling white house near Culver City, Calif, last month went a vice squad from the sheriff's office in Los Angeles County. They went to investigate reports that the place was a gambling establishment. What made this raid of possibly international consequence was that the house was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CALIFORNIA: Hell for the Duchess | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

Miss Mollie went to the White House to tea, dressed in a new plum-colored dress. She was so overwhelmed by meeting Mrs. Roosevelt that she could not remember what the First Lady had said to her, besides, "Why, I read about you in the paper this morning. . . ." Miss Moilie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WOMEN: Honored Guest | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

> "THERE IS A SANTA CLAUS! You, men and women of America are the suckers who filled up the stockings of profiteers, propagandists and foreign politicos with your own blood-your own brain-your own money! . . . WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO FILL THEM WITH THIS TIME? With the flesh of your...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR & PEACE: Slick Stuff | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

German schools and hospitals were abruptly closed. German theatres suddenly went dark. Shops owned by Germans were hastily shut, while their owners hurried to liquidate what they could. Some Balts simply packed their bags, locked up their houses and went to the steamers. In some places they were allowed to...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Balts' Return | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

To Poland. What kind of life were they going to? The German radio announced they had a German job to perform, that they were to repopulate some of the newly won Polish areas, where the Reich needs "settlers capable of restoring German order." They were to be given property as...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Balts' Return | 10/23/1939 | See Source »

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