Word: bricked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...lieutenant John Brophy "to explain" C. I. O. not only to the Woodworkers but to the Maritime Federation of the Pacific (which includes not only longshoremen but sailors, engineers, radiomen, cooks, firemen -40,000 strong". In both meetings, held simultaneously in different rooms of Portland's brown brick Labor Temple, diagonally across from the city hall, the fight between C. I. O. and A. F. of L. will be fought out. The outcome may provide an answer to the question whether Mr. Bridges or Mr. Beck is going to be Mr. Big on the Pacific Coast...
Story is that the Treasury officials did actually sound out British authorities early this spring on the possibilities of cutting gold prices but the news leaked out in London, causing such uproar that the idea was dropped like a hot brick. Whatever the value of that story, a quick glance at gold figures is enough to convince anyone that the U. S. is holding the bag. During the past year the Treasury has bought $800,000,000 worth of gold, none of which it needed. Imports last week pushed total U. S. gold stocks above the staggering figure...
...Deutschland bombing, five Nazi warships flying Swas tika battle flags from their main trucks drew up off the harbor entrance. Flagship was reported to be the Admiral Scheer, sister of the Deutschland. For over an hour this squadron proceeded to pour high explosive shells into the stucco & light brick houses of Almeria. Leftist shore batteries replied until they ran out of ammunition. Then under a smoke screen the Nazi fleet, honor satisfied, steamed off towards Melilla in Rightist Morocco...
...vast crowds in Indianapolis last week, two men were killed and four injured in two spectacular automobile crashes during races preliminary to the 25th annual 500-mi. Sweepstakes on Memorial Day. When this final event came, however, the 150,000 yelling fans clustered around the 2½-mi. brick oval did not get the ultimate thrill. Death took a holiday. Of 33 starters, 14 dropped out with motor trouble, only one had real trouble-a crash which knocked out both driver and mechanic. First to finish was dapper little Wilbur Shaw of Indianapolis, who set a new record...
...Sunday it was learned that there was a 1500 degrees temperature drop between the surface of the sun and its outlying atmosphere, while today brought the tidings that the planet Eros is really in the shape of a huge brick, rather than possessing an ordinary spherical shape. Fletcher Watson, research fellow at the Observatory, was responsible for this latter discovery...