Word: campaign
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Third on the list is repeal of the Teachers' Oath Law which failed to secure the signature of Governor Hurley last year. The Child Labor Amendment and amending the State Workmen's Compensation Act are also salient issues of the campaign...
From a seat beside U. G. I. Chairman John Edward Zimmerman and U. G. I. Vice President Conrad N. Lauer (see cut), Mayor Wilson rose to repeat his 50? gas campaign pledge. Looking directly at Chairman Zimmerman, he remarked sweetly: "You are efficient, and I'd prefer to see you continue rather than have another company come in and offer us more favorable terms, say 30? or 40? gas." Ten days later he filed suit against U. G. I. and the Municipal Gas Commission demanding the "return...
...down by essays on Chinese history, discussions of education and propaganda, accounts of critical battles fought in inaccessible country. Delighting in the ramifications of Chinese politics, Edgar Snow seems to step aside to discuss every war lord who fought Chiang Kaishek, made peace with him, got mad, led a campaign against the Reds or accepted an alliance with them to fight Japan...
...fifth campaign (October 1933 to October 1934) Chiang Kai-shek sealed south China's Soviets with a ring of forts, mobilized a million men. Defeated in open battle, the Communists decided on a fantastic escape. Leaving a skeleton force at the front, they moved south & west on the night of Oct. 16, 1934, before Chiang Kai-shek's army got wind of their retreat. With them went thousands of peasants, a mule caravan carrying dismantled machinery, Singer sewing-machines, printing equipment. In forced marches, they crossed twelve provinces, over the 16,000-ft. passes of the Tibet mountains...
...Legislature in which he reaffirmed his support of the Curley law, Mather said: "My only reply to Hurley is that so many people disagree with his conclusion that the Teachers' Oath is in-offensive' that in all probability it will be an item of considerable importance in the campaign for election of Governor in the fall...