Word: 31st
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charlie Brannan was piqued. The American Farm Bureau Federation, the nation's largest and most potent farm group, had not even invited him to be a speaker at its 31st annual convention. Furthermore, the Secretary of Agriculture was pretty sure that the federation was preparing to crunch his controversial farm-support plan like so much Shredded Wheat and douse it with sour milk...
...days ago, as he made his 31st successful landing in the remarkable plane specially designed for his remarkable feat, Chuck was able to say casually: "We've punched so many holes in that old wall, you can see 'em all over the Mojave...
...grow from 20,000 people (excluding the Indians nobody ever bothered to count) to more than 200,000; some $200 million worth of gold was to be scooped and strained from stream beds and hillsides, and California itself was to enter the Union (in 1850) as the 31st state...
Most celebrated of the visitors are Winston Churchill, Britian's wartime prime minister, and Harold E. Stasson, Republican presidential aspirant, who will address rallies at the Boston Garden on March 31st and April 1st. President Truman cancelled his scheduled appearance last week because of pressure of work...
...Hoover was the 31st President [TIME Jan. 24] and Truman the 32nd [TIME, Jan. 31], was F.D.R. just a dream (good...