Word: catch
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...politics. Not until 1932 was there a pro-Fascist majority in the 60-man Grand Council. Not until Federico Gozi (whose family has run San Marino for years) and Salvatore Foschi were elected twin regents last week, and given identical uniforms and equal governing power, did San Marino catch up with World War II. But something else had been forgotten by San Marino. The stonecutter Marinus during his lifetime railed against wars to gain territory, on his deathbed gave his people a creed which has guided them from the Fourth Century until the 20th: "We do not want an inch...
...week, for they knew that scattered about in its dismal rooms was a varied assortment of once eminent French leaders. They might be scapegoats, they might face dishonor they did not warrant, but to the little people of France it looked at last as if someone was going to catch hell for the social, political and military debacle that culminated in what was grandiosely called the Battle of France...
...caused by some organism too small to be seen microscopically. Commonly considered a trifling ailment of childhood, it often brings on ear infections, mastoiditis, bronchopneumonia. Measles can be a serious problem in wartime, for isolated country boys often grow to maturity without getting measles or acquiring natural immunity, and catch it when herded into army camps. Among the U. S. forces in World War I, pneumonia following measles was a common cause of death...
...small unsecured loans outstanding are against single men of 21 to 36, who presumably will exceed married men among draftees. (Of the draft eligibles, only about one in ten will march to camp.) If a draftee cannot make payments while in uniform, personal-finance outfits will ice the loan, catch their man when he goes back to work. With only a fraction of their business affected, moneylenders expect the boom in business will offset possible draft losses...
There is a scrimmage planned for today and none for tomorrow. On Saturday, however, there will be a regulation practice game. Charley Spreyer is expected back this afternoon, and he will probably need the weekend work to catch up with his mates. Joel Ferris and George Helden were jogging yesterday and will be ready soon, but John Page is definitely out for the year...