Word: centralization
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...require all local unions to join appropriate city central bodies and State federations (membership in which has heretofore only been recommended). Reason for this move was to maintain A. F. of L. control and prevent locals being "stolen...
...oust from the city central bodies and State federations all unions which have affiliated with...
...view were 1,500 works by 1,000 British artists. As a Coronation gesture the Central Hall was given over to official portraits of British kings from the Academy's first Royal patron George III by Sir Joshua Reynolds to George VI, with the screamingly noticeable exception of Edward VIII. The official portrait of George VI was by Simon Elwes, painted in the gaudy full-dress uniform of the 11th Hussars, called "Cherry Pickers" for their tight crimson breeches...
Discovered in 1910 by Drs. H. H. Dale and H. Barger, benzedrine sulfate became known to the medical world as a strong stimulant to the central nervous system. This year and last it has been used by a few students in the University prior to the examination period as a cure for fatigue and as a means to increased mental efficiency. To discourage the practice Arlie V. Bock, M.D., Ph.D., Henry K. Oliver Professor of Hygiene, now in charge of the Hygiene Department has issued the following statement...
...store merchandising are already showing hardy growth-the supermarket and the voluntary chain. Not unlike the "Iowa Plan" by which oil companies sell filling stations to their operators (TIME, Nov. 23), the voluntary chain consists of stores owned and operated by independent merchants but serviced and supplied by a central organization. A. & P. could become a voluntary chain by selling stores to their managers, continuing to function as a wholesaler only...