Word: benefited
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Passed a bill extending until Dec. 31, 1941 the authority of the Government to make benefit payments direct to farmers in connection with its soil conservation program. Under provisions of the Soil Conservation Act individual States would administer such Federal funds and make direct disbursements to farmers after next Dec. 31. Last week's bill, passed without a roll call under a suspension of House rules and sent to the Senate, was considered necessary by farm leaders because an insufficient number of States had set up legislative machinery to handle the funds...
...Heads-up Baseball," the American League baseball picture, will be shown in the Dillon Field House at 2:00 today for the benefit of the various baseball squads. Ex-major leaguers Lew Fonseca and Roger Peckinpaugh will be present...
...Congress for the District of Columbia came before the Supreme Court. Again Justice Brandeis did not vote, presumably because his daughter had been agitating for such laws. By this time, however, the complexion of the Court had changed. Instead of tying 4-4, thereby giving the Law the benefit of Constitutional doubt, the Court voted 5-3 against it. In 1925 a minimum wage law of Arizona, in 1927 a similar law of Arkansas, last year a similar law of New York-all were invalidated on the District of Columbia precedent. What chance did Elsie Parrish have? Washington...
Added years didn't dull Rogers' wit. When the famous pump in the Yard was repaired last June, he was asked to have the first drink. In a brief impromptu speech he praised water as a benefit to humanity, saying "it's done so much for navigation...
This is the seventh and last of a series of articles on the Houses written by House Committee Chairmen for the benefit of Freshmen planning to enter Houses. The articles were printed in the order they were received...