Word: aid
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...baiters, however, are not the only ones whose prospects look dark. The future appears exceedingly glum for all hide-bound isolationists. Although a majority of the students are averse to wars, particularly foreign conflicts; they seem quite willing to aid in stopping Hitler. In a word, youth seems ready to take another stabat saving Democracy despite the warnings of Senators Nye and Borah. The shop-worn argument of "splendid isolation" will have to be put on the shelf for some years to come...
...might be more profitable, in the first place, to concentrate on improvement of the methods by which Masters ascertain the qualifications and antecedents of applicants. The suggested interview by a member of the House Committee might be an aid if it were purely incidental and not too heavily weighted. But in the final analysis, the thoroughness of the investigations depends upon the conscientiousness and industry of each Master. In connection with this, one method which should surely be adopted by all Masters is the examination of the College admission folder of each applicant. While thus would place a heavy pack...
WASHINGTON--President Roosevelt today urged swift Congressional action to pave the way for barter of American farm surpluses for strategic war materials from Great Britain, Belgium and Holland--latest Administration move to aid Europe's Anti-Nazi-Fascist Blee...
California's Senate passed and sent to the friendly Assembly a bill authorizing a California Agricultural Exchange, with aid from U. S. credit agencies (RFC, FHA, REA, etc.) to establish "balanced communities" for California reliefers. The Exchange would function as a cooperative, growing crops on common land, processing it in communal factories, selling the produce to its members and in the market. The State's investment would be around $300 for every reliefer shifted from public rolls to cooperative balance...
...words opened the way for Poland, Rumania, Turkey, the Soviet Union, Greece, Yugoslavia-all to join Britain and France in a pledge to aid one another in case of attack. The British Government had flatly dropped all pretenses of continental neutrality. It was an event that went a long way toward restoring the balance of power that had lately swung heavily in favor of the dictators. If Chamberlain's words meant anything, they meant that from now on Führer Hitler will have few if any more bloodless conquests...