Search Details

Word: anti-saloon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first (reverse)


Usage:

...after the seat. Texas' House of Representatives petitioned Governor W. Lee ("Pass-The-Biscuits-Pappy") O'Daniel to appoint himself for the 90-day interim before an election must be held. Pappy held his peace, and pondered. Morris Sheppard was buried. The little people of Texas, the Anti-Saloon League of America, the high command of the Army mourned him most. They knew him best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Back to Texarkana | 4/21/1941 | See Source »

Birthday. Dr. Howard Hyde Russell, co-founder of the Anti-Saloon League, who said: "I'm confident this movement will be successful during my lifetime"; his 85th...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 28, 1940 | 10/28/1940 | See Source »

...Heard Bishop Ralph Spaulding Cushman of St. Paul, Minn., president of the Anti-Saloon League, announce that a war chest of $1,500,000 would be raised to "attack the liquor interests with renewed energy." The Board of Temperance noted with alarm the increasing consumption of wine: "Wherever wine has gotten a stranglehold, there is little hope for early release. ... It will surely destroy the French people...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Methodists Meet | 5/13/1940 | See Source »

...deduct National Guard fees, graft money, expenses of lobbying for legalized horse racing, contributions to birth-control or anti-saloon leagues; nor can you deduct money spent in preparation of your income tax return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Bugaboos Laid | 2/20/1939 | See Source »

...conventions. Before 1932 he was just a member of the Democratic minority in the Senate who had spellbound his colleagues on Drought in 1930. As a member of the House he had helped foster the Prohibition Amendment and the Volstead Act. He had been a paid speaker for the Anti-Saloon League, but in 1928, when drink returned to popularity, he stumped for Al Smith, later helped write the 21st (Repeal) Amendment. Now he even takes a toddy himself. Labor knows him as one of its early champions, but he voted for coal and oil tariffs before the New Deal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KENTUCKY: The Roosevelt Handicap | 8/1/1938 | See Source »

Previous | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Next