Word: wife
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Cent. Then Hiss added a few details of his experience with Crosley. When Crosley, his wife and baby were ready to move into the Hiss apartment, their furniture had not yet arrived. As a result, said Hiss, he invited the Crosleys to spend "two, or three or four consecutive nights" in his Georgetown house...
...Deal-discouraged in Louisiana by Huey-was now admitted and allowed to pour in fresh millions in WPA funds. There were big cars, parties, and champagne for all. Then the bubble blew up. Dr. James Monroe Smith, president of L.S.U., vanished one day with his party-loving wife, Thelma. The Doc had been speculating in millions of bushels of wheat and had invented a unique system of financing. Whenever his broker called for more collateral, he merely ordered the printing of more L.S.U. bonds. He was discovered in Canada, brought home, and clapped into jail...
Almost unnoticed at Springfield was Progressive Day. Vice-Presidential Candidate Glen Taylor drew a crowd of only 300 people, but they were enthusiastic. He assured them that the Russians "desperately crave peace," ended up by singing a duet with his wife. He sang It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary while she gave out with "What you gonna do when the rent comes 'round?" Witnesses declared it was more sensational than anything the fair could offer-the two cows made of butter, or even "Hitler's and Eva Braun's Love Car Worth...
...Edwin Phillips, 44, who gave up prospecting and struck it richer in the vegetable-trucking business, caught the new fever. He drove his truck as far into the mountains as he could, then abandoned it and hiked into the uranium area. "It hit him like a brick," said his wife...
Like a Board. A lean French Canadian taxi driver, John Lecomte, 36, joined up with his brother-in-law, Einer Frykberg. They left Frykberg's hardware store to his wife, drove Lecomte's taxi in as far as they could, and headed into the bush. Bartender John York hiked 15 miles in & out, then found that he had forgotten to note the numbers of his claim tags. He had to go through it all again...