Word: april
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When war was declared, I enlisted, served with the ist Battalion Royal Highlanders (The Black Watch) till April 1919, [was] decorated with corporal's stripes and three medals. . . . Of the two years and a half which intervened before I emigrated to America I spent two years working and the half-year seeking work...
will also endeavor to make what contribution they can to the urgent need of facilitating emigration from Germany." Meanwhile, almost unnoticed during the week, the Anglo-Italian Treaty of last April was brought into effect and King-Emperor George VI with his own hand signed the credentials of British Ambassador Lord Perth to Italy's now-recognized King-Emperor Vittorio Emanuele...
...Finley. who took over the editorship in April 1937 after 16 years as associate editor, is an inveterate worker, talker, walker (he once walked 70 miles in one day, till this year annually circumambulated Manhattan), degree-taker (he has 31 honorary degrees, 21 LL.D.s). Of late he has been ill and Charles Merz has been filling in. Last week, with the Merz promotion. Dr. Finley was made editor emeritus...
Last week, reversing the Circuit Court of Appeals at Philadelphia, which in April 1937 reversed a previous decision of its own, the Supreme Court of the U. S. settled the breakfast-food issue. Out of a solemn huddle came the Justices with a decision that the term "shredded wheat" did not belong solely to National Biscuit Co. Six-to-two (dissenters: Justices McReynolds and Butler), they found "shredded wheat" simply a generic term by which a "biscuit in pillow-shaped form is generally known to the public...
With the annual Harvard-Dartmouth slalom scheduled for April 16, plans have been made to get as many men as possible to enter races. There will be a big squad, and a team of about 20 members. At the end of the season, four or five of the more outstanding skiers will receive minor...