Word: 33rd
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...same day last week the Legislatures of North Dakota and Tennessee ratified the 20th Amendment to the Constitution to eliminate "lame duck" sessions of Congress. They were the 32nd and 33rd States to do so. Next day Idaho and New Mexico fell into line. Then, over the weekend, began a race to see which State would be the 36th which would complete ratification. Favorite was Massachusetts, benefited by one hour in time. Georgia and Utah were champing at the bit. At this point a dark horse developed. In Jefferson City, Mo. members of the General Assembly were secretly telephoned...
...Brooklyn. Son William gave up a private law practice to become general manager. Though refusing to divulge the size of his company, Harris Nevin says mysteriously: "It is in excess of many millions." None of the many millions has gone into fancy offices; located on Manhattan's West 33rd St., they are dingy, grimy, efficient. Even Harris Nevin's daughter is in buses as manager of the Chicago office. Before her marriage, she was a practicing dentist, was given the rank of lieutenant in the French dental service during...
Last week, at the 33rd annual Exposition, Judge Biggar was in his customary place at the centre of the arena at the Union Stock Yards. Things looked pretty much as usual. There were the familiar signs-THIS SHOW HAS BEEN DISINFECTED; the familiar sights & sounds-miles of red bunting, polo players in bright blue hats, stolid farmers' boys in overalls, svelte geldings, grunting swine, bleating sheep, sleepy steers annoyed at constant currying. Judge Biggar saw familiar faces among the exhibitors-23 year-old Elliott Brown of Rose Hill, Iowa, to whose steer he had awarded the grand prize three...
...wind blowing across the Keller course the Sunday of the final but it bothered Walsh as little as it did Dutra. They finished the morning round all even, with 71's. In the afternoon, Walsh went out in 35. Dutra had a 33. When the match ended on the 33rd green, with Walsh four down, it made Dutra's record in winning his last three tournaments?Metropolitan Open, North Shore (Chicago) Open, P. G. A.? 31 under par for 304 holes...
...ring as lightly as though his 215-lb. body were inflated with air. Feary and Kilcullen fought each other in the third round of the tournament. In the second round Kilcullen knocked Feary down once and Feary knocked Kilcullen down twice. In the third round, Feary scored his 33rd knockout in 38 recorded fights. In the semifinal, he scored the 34th when the handler of his opponent. Jack Holland of New Orleans, took off his shirt and threw it into the ring. His opponent in the final, George Schultz of Cleveland, stayed on his feet till the third round when...