Word: shower
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Prosperous Britons were pelting the Treasury last week with a patriotic shower of valuables to help win the war. Voluntarily they sent silver heirlooms, wedding and engagement rings, gold coins and even historic strings of family pearls. This mood of sacrifice was die-hard Britain at her best, but Chancellor of the Exchequer Sir John Simon, while giving thanks, was obliged to announce that Britain can meet the mounting cost of World War II only if the whole population submits to "the most fearful sacrifices, some of which we have hardly begun to dream...
Closing the door, he stepped into the locker room. He was early, the first one there, and all he could hear was the drip of a shower around the corner. Then he spied Johnny sticking adhesive strips on the locker doors...
...forwarding the story with a protracted conspiracy to get Father baptized, Life with Father bowls pleasantly along. The first two acts are rather upsy-downsy, with some of the humor forced and thin, but the last act turns hilarious, with Father finally departing for the font in a shower of laughter...
...carried to the nearest first-aid station, or picked up by one of the numerous trucks ("mobile units"), which, manned by doctors, will cruise around stricken areas. Smaller first-aid stations are set up in public laundries, baths, and in most public buildings. Almost all stations are equipped with shower baths to "decontaminate" victims of poison...
Meantime a tiny city is abuilding on Canton Island, only overnight stop not yet ready for guests. Last week a freighter steamed south with equipment for a 24-room transients' hotel, including an air-conditioning system, bar, shower baths...