Word: arming
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Despite Nominee Smith's declaration for protection, Nominee Hoover pointed to the Democratic platform's mention of an "effective competitive" tariff. Wading in deeper, but never mentioning his opponent by name, he defended the Tariff Commission as "a most valuable arm of the Government. It can be strengthened and made more useful in several ways...
...Phoenix, Ariz.-one Nominee for Vice President of the U. S. His name was Benjamin Gitlow. He was a Communist-six feet high, a 200-pounder with black hair, swart skin, bright black eyes, long fingers, very large feet, round shoulders. His friends suspected a Klannish plot, or strong-arm work by the American Legion, which had warned him not to visit Phoenix. William O'Brien, candidate of the Workers' (Communist) Party for Governor of Arizona, began searching small-town jails through the Southwest. Suspicion pointed to El Paso, in the western corner of Texas, then to Nogales...
...ball snaps from center, the quarterback takes it, wheels, and flips it to a halfback. The halfback draws back his arm and shoots and oval on an airline to an end far down the field. A frantic dive by the safety man, and a touchdown is averted by a scant four yards. The teams line up there is a line plunge and another, and a touchdown. The stands are rocking with excitement. Every woman is gasping "Who was that?" and every man is fumbling at his program to discover who threw the pass, who caught it, and who made...
...Ludovico Spada Potenziani, famed because he was visited by and returned the visit of New York's Mayor James ("Jimmy") Walker. Tall, bronzed, cadaverous and silent, Prince Potenziani left his office for the last time without a word to subordinates, merely saluting them in Fascist fashion, with his right arm inclined upward and forward...
...aftermath of a strenuous scrimmage held yesterday afternoon on Soldiers Field. G. C. Holbrook '30 sustained a leg injury which it is feared will keep him out for the season, while J. W. Rotter '30 will probably be kept on the side lines for a month with an injured arm...