Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...railways have "collapsed." There were 30,000 accidents during the Soviet fiscal year just ended, 1,000 deaths, 2,000 people maimed for life. During August alone 384 engines and 1,638 cars were wrecked beyond repair. But the railways, driven by the fierce will of Dictator Stalin to fulfill the Five-Year Plan, hauled 3,500,000 more carloads this year than last...
...film industry (No. 1 still Adolph Zukor, No. 2 Harley L. Clarke instead of William Fox) made it seem wise and profitable for Publisher Quigley to acquire all but Film Daily and try to give the film industry something comparable to the steel industry's august Iron...
Last of the reigning Dukes of Brunswick is H. R. H. Ernest August Christian George, Duke of Brunswick and Lunebourg, Prince Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, who married the Kaiser's daughter Victoria Louise in Berlin in 1913. He was forced to abdicate from the Duchy of Brunswick in 1918, has long been reputed one of the richest men in Germany, still maintains a sort of royal court in the Austrian province of Styria. Maintaining a private court runs into big money. Last year H. ex-R. H. announced that the Guelph treasure was for sale. The city...
Fleischmann Yeast Co., Royal Baking Powder and E. W. Gillett, Ltd. (Standard Brands, Inc.), August...
...referendum should be taken, the second to decide whether or not the Association should pass a resolution against Prohibition. If the first failed to pass, the second would be disregarded. All results were to be withheld until after the Congressional elections. At the Chicago convention in August, Dry lawyers made a last unsuccessful attempt to have the referendum quashed...