Word: bullet
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...West Frankfort, Ill., William Darnell, shot in the head 19 years before, sneezed and wheezed the bullet...
...gates to whimper and beg for little comforts. Superstitions are epidemic. Nearly every dead Japanese soldier has on him a charm, worn in life to ward off death. Often a man draws about himself a magic circle (the round of his life is full; no escape) and puts a bullet in his head. Instead of cremating bodies to be returned home for proper Shinto burial, Army officers cut off heads, cremate them for home burial, and bury the bodies in China, or drop them in rivers or wells. All these things prey on the Japanese will to fight...
...Wetherall Smith and John Barrett, who landed in heavy seas to rescue the crew of the torpedoed Kensington Court. To Sergeant Pilot W. E. Willits, who brought his ship out of a dive and landed it after the first pilot had been killed by a bullet, the King gave the Distinguished Flying Medal (for non-Commissioned officers). Eldest of the medalists was 26, youngest...
...went through the entire session, which lasted more than two hours, and seems in close to perfect shape for the heavy assignment he has waiting for him in the Stadium. He whipped off several nice passes during the practice, while Franny Lee, his substitute contributed a number of short bullet heaves that may puzzle the Penn defense
...sophomore that he was mighty worried about complaints against him that had been made to Acting President Paul M. Hebert. Thereupon George Heidelberg rode home to his house in Baton Rouge, sent the cabbie to the kitchen to brew him a pot of strong coffee, and pumped a bullet through his head...