Word: alarmingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...politicians. Rabbits have been cornered in hollow logs in Patman's district. And snuff (between lower lip and teeth, perhaps Levi Garett's, perhaps someones else) is not uncommon. Some of we wage earning Texans view Ambassador Mellon's "Big Business War Et al," not with alarm but with interest. Politically ambitious Texans tread lightly on the subject until after the vote is counted. For, Mr. Mellon is, in part, responsible for the payment of more wages, more taxes and more commissions in Texas than any other three men in Congress. [Reference to Gulf Oil Corp...
...British innkeepers put pistols under their pillows when U. S. tourists are in their inns this summer, the fault will be Mr. Collinson Owen's. Collinson Owen spent three months in the U. S. last year viewing the country rapidly and with alarm. He wrote a book published last week under the title King Crime (Henry Holt, $2.50), which contained the following thoughts...
...resolved that Japan should not keep any war spoils she might win (see p. 11). The British Government was passive, inclined to expect a Japanese victory at Shanghai and disposed to let Japan keep reasonable winnings. The French Government, while sympathetic toward Japan, was apathetic except for slight alarm lest a discussion of "treaty rights" in the Orient should lead to discussion of the Treaty of Versailles (which France does not want discussed). The Russian Government was on the qui vive (see p. 20). Thus Japan was not under pressure from any "united front'' presented by the Great...
...where it had stood since Oct. 16, to 3%,. Immediate results were a rise in Government bond prices, a falling off in several foreign exchanges. The former was taken to mean that the lower rate will aid the Treasury in its financing problems; the latter, that Europe's alarm over the dollar has died out. Swiss francs broke especially sharply, probably because much money sent to Switzerland for safety was now being recalled...
...livelihood in winter. Robbing trap lines is a crime, though understandable, but these traps were not robbed. Somebody was smashing snares and deadfalls, scattering the bait so hungry animals could eat it in safety. Tracks of the trap-smasher were followed to Johnson's cabin. Indians raised the alarm, said...