Word: ridded
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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Taking a leaf from the Nazi-verboten Old Testament, where King David got rid of Bathsheba's husband by having him set "in the forefront of the hottest battle . . . that he may be smitten and die." the Nazis mobilized over 55% of Germany's Protestant pastors for Army service, most of them as privates. They singled out Confessional pastors especially. In some districts 75% of the recalcitrant Confessional pastors were drafted for front-line service...
...Miami, Fla., a woman told M. C. Mann she would buy his house if he got rid of termites, recommended an "exterminator." After crawling under the porch for half an hour, the man demanded $40. Mann paid. He is still waiting for the customer...
...When we have achieved our first objective-getting rid of the watery, taste loss pulp which is onomatopoetically called squash-we plan to start a crusade against stewed celery," Murray disclosed last night...
...Washington who was just as anxious to get rid of Congress as Congress was anxious to leave was Capitol Architect David Lynn. Since 1938, Architect Lynn has been expecting the Capitol roofs to fall in. The 120-ton ceiling over the House, the 90-ton ceiling over the Senate, constructed of ornamental glass and wrought iron, hang from cast-iron trusses. Tests have shown that some of the trusses have shifted as much as an inch and a half under the stress of snows, winds, years...
...total defeat of Germany is the only way to rid the world of the Nazi menace," Erika Mann, daughter of famed Thomas Mann and a noted author in her own right, stated in a speech at Brattle Hall last night...