Word: worsteds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Wildly cheered by the patriotic populace of Modane near the Franco-Italian frontier, 1,200 French soldiers climbed aboard a troop train. Half an hour later 535 were dead and 243 injured in "the worst train wreck in history.'' This grim fact which has been a military secret since it occurred in 1917, was released by the French Government last week. The release came apropos of an investigation into the recent wreck at Lagny in which 200 people died (TIME, Jan. 1) after which the President of the Republic asked mourning Frenchmen not to light the candles...
...When did the world's worst railroad wreck occur...
...denied himself "unforeseen" expenditures for fiscal 1935) or to unbalance the budget in a big way, to stagger the country with a deficit beyond all expectations. Few political quidnuncs failed to agree that he had chosen the more astute choice. Their varying reasons : 1) By telling the worst and putting the worst possible complexion on it he destroyed fears born of uncertainty, hastened the financial community's acceptance of the facts, cut down to a solid bottom on which a new structure of confidence could be built...
...same time that the President tossed the Republicans an issue he arranged to emasculate it. By telling the worst in January 1934, he has kept Republican orators from staggering the country with those disclosures in November when a new Congress will be elected. Moreover by that time he expects to have balanced the budget, to have begun reducing the national debt. Even if his plans go astray, if he fails to balance the budget in fiscal 1936, he will have the opportunity to present a balanced budget for fiscal 1937 which will be just begun when he campaigns for reelection...
...worst fog England has seen for years, blanketing not only London but an area of 8,000 square miles. (Total area of England 50,327 sq. mi.; Scotland 30,405; Wales 8,016.) Two steps off the curb pedestrians were completely lost. Conductors carrying great sizzling gasoline flares stalked like old-time linkboys ahead of their buses. Many a scarlet omnibus caught fire from the heat of repeatedly jammed brakes. A pair of wild ducks, lost and dizzy, dropped quacking disconsolately in the middle of the Strand. Rail traffic was paralyzed. A Wimbledon train sat on a siding for hours...