Word: april
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from this purchase the Mexican Government would get some of the quick cash it needs to keep going, make first compensation payments, and thus have a chance of getting the U. S. Treasury to resume the silver purchases from Mexico, canceled after the oil expropriation (TIME, April...
...Birth of a Baby (TIME, April...
...Carnet de Bal (Marie Bell, Harry Baur, Raimu, Franchoise Rosay; TIME, April...
...heavyweight title; from Harry Thomas; by a knockout. Prior to his fight with Max Schmeling last December, Thomas had knocked out 44 of his 56 opponents, had himself never been knocked out. Significance of last week's fight, which only 10,468 Chicagoans paid to see because any April fool could foretell its outcome; Schmeling had made Thomas dizzy (technical knockout) in eight rounds; Louis made him dizzier (bona fide knockout) in five; and Louis meets Schmeling for the championship in June...
...done just the reverse, with these results last week: 1) Wisconsin's Congressman Gardner R. Withrow, directing the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automobile dealer-manufacturer relations; 2) FTC acquiesced to the N. A. D. A. petition for a conference to establish fair trade practice rules, chose April 26 as the day, Detroit as the place. On the agenda, among other things, said FTC, are "various forms of misrepresentation, including misleading illustrations; use of fictitious prices and terms of sale; false invoicing; coercion; commercial bribery; finance charge 'packing,' and price discrimination...