Word: undershirt
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...aunt was eating her supper. She heard Mrs. Bridges scream and plop on the concrete below. She ran down two flights of stairs and arrived in the little dark alley the same time as Harry Bridges. He was in his undershirt with shaving cream on his face. The woman appeared to be unconscious and Mr. Bridges asked my aunt to remain with her while he went upstairs to telephone for an ambulance...
...creditable total of 1,630 lb. was cut down to 1,466 by penalties. Well short of the Byczynski gross but a shade ahead of his net was the score of a long-faced, 38-year-old Iowan who, dressed in tennis shoes, white duck pants and an undershirt, had husked his rows more slowly but with scrupulous care. He was Carl Carlson, brother of famed Elmer, who did not bother to defend his title this year. Carl Carlson's gross of 1,540 lb. left him with a net of 1,472 lb. and the 1936 championship...
...Saturday night of last November. His grey flannels were eight inches from his shoetops, his saddle-back shoes were an oyster gray, and his head showed the latest San Quentin coiffeur. The police thought they were on the right trail until they discovered a large blue "Y" on his undershirt...
Harvard dressed in long dark trousers, white undershirt; and maquita handkerchiefs on their heads. The uniform lasted the game of the first day, played under the Harvard rules which provided for much kicking and little body contact. But, in the Rugby game the costumes were reduced to shreds to the amusement as well as to the amazement of the 500 spectators. Harvard easily won under their rules. The second game under McGill's Rugby rules was a scoreless tie. The proceeds of the gate with contributions from other sources totaled several hundred dollars, all of which was expended...
...more sympathetic attitude of the NRAdministrator but Germany took instant offense. That night in his hotel room at Omaha, General Johnson was surprised and chagrined to have newshawks call upon him with the news that the German Government, purple with rage, was about to protest. Sitting in his undershirt before an electric fan, the General let himself go in more characteristic fashion...