Word: birmingham
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years.* Under fire from the Church's Anglo-Catholic wing was Rt. Rev. Albert Augustus David, Lord Bishop of Liverpool, a lean, wavy-haired divine whose fame as a low-churchman is exceeded in England only by that of lean little Dr. Ernest William Barnes, Lord Bishop of Birmingham. Before he became Bishop Dr. David was for twelve years headmaster of Rugby School. Bishop David has not only startled Anglicans by leading his congregation in vigorous hymn-singing and joining with other prelates in urging that Christ be depicted as "strong and muscular" (TIME, March...
...thought long and hard about this pitching strategy was a Birmingham. Ala. jeweler named Pat Linnehan. Jeweler Linnehan figured out a remedy, suggested it to friends on his hometown team in the Southern Association. Last week at the convention of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues in Galveston, the Southern Association announced adoption of a new rule: When there are two out. and the pitcher walks the batter on four consecutive balls, "runners occupying bases shall be advanced two bases, except in the event both second base and third base are occupied, when the runner on third shall score...
...with all this in mind that Defense Attorney Samuel S. Leibowitz asks that the place of trial be transferred to Birmingham, a city of more liberal repute. At Decatur his six young negro plaintiffs can neither be condemned nor acquitted. To find them guilty would obviously be a miscarriage of justice; to set them free would be equivalent to turning them over to the good citizens of Decatur and vicinity. The National Guard, composed of men whose ethical principles largely coincide with those of the rustics, is not to be depended upon in a crisis. Judge Lynch...
...three months, Tennessee Valley Authority expects to begin selling electric current generated at the Government-owned plants at Muscle Shoals to municipally-owned plants. To prepare retail outlets for TVA's power has been Mr. Lilienthal's chief job as one of TVA's three directors. Birmingham was the first city in TVA's area to vote on whether it would take over the local privately-owned light & power system and buy current from TVA at an estimated 7/10? per kilowatt-hour wholesale, or continue to patronize private enterprises. In the voting, privateering...
...Roosevelt Administration, committed to "democratizing" industry, did not take its Birmingham defeat lying down. The Federal Trade Commission is now investigating "excessive expenditures by private power interests" in the Birmingham referendum...