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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Against. At 3:15, on the stormy morning of April 6, 1917, when the U. S. House of Representatives voted 373-to-50 to declare that a state of war existed with Germany, a memorable incident took place on the floor. As the clerk called the roll after a day of historic debate, the first woman Representative in U. S. history, and then the only woman in Congress, Montana's Jeannette Rankin, sat silent in her seat instead of voting. Before the second roll call, Uncle Joe Cannon went to her side, begged her, as the Representative...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Probe Continued | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

Sail passed here in April; may return...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Contra Naturam | 2/21/1938 | See Source »

John W. Sever, '40, publicity director, said that the next production by the Club was scheduled for sometime in the middle of April. Five plays by students and several others by noted playwrights are now under consideration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dramatic Club Names Cole President as Election of New Officers Is Announced | 2/16/1938 | See Source »

...Love To All" plays for a week in Cambridge and Boston at the end of March, followed by a tour ending at the Waldorf Astoria in New York on Friday, April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HASTY PUDDING SHOW REHEARSES THIS WEEK | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

...pennant winners are the top-ranking teams of each division. Faintly comparable to the World Series are the Football Association Cup* games, which are sandwiched in throughout the eight-month season, come to a grand climax with the Cup Final at mammoth Wembley Stadium the last week in April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: September to May | 2/14/1938 | See Source »

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