Word: attempting
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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From a reliable University source it was learned last night that in case a settlement of the present labor strife is not reached, the University will not attempt to break the strike. Students will be forced to eat outside of the dining halls, and an appropriate reduction will be made on the term bill. raise and so on to a maximum rate of $16 for those employed four years or over...
...feverish little Joseph Meister was dragged by his frantic mother through the streets of Paris in search of an unknown scientist who, according to rumors, could prevent rabies. For nine-year-old Joseph had been bitten in 14 places by a huge, mad dog and in a desperate attempt to cheat death, his mother had fled from their home town in Alsace to Paris. Early in the afternoon Mme Meister met a young physician in a hospital. "You mean Pasteur," he said. "I'll take you there...
...Administration attempt to enlist public opinion behind the peace effort came as the A. F. L. - C. I. O. conferees themselves admitted privately that they saw little likelihood of settling immediately their struggle for supremacy...
...Authorities last night apprehended two men who had in their possession a swing arrangement of Rubenstein's "Melody in F." Police say that the men failed in an attempt to destroy the evidence, and it will be used against them when they appear before the court next Tuesday. It is believed that the men are members of the gang headed by the notorious czar of bootleg swing, Benny (Hot-Fingers) Goodman...
...current arms program and the attempt to make a major issue out of foreign affairs is merely an effort to find something that will transcend party issues. Roosevelt realizes that he has lost the emergency support that made his first success possible and that if he is to retain control of the party he must appeal on new issues...