Word: choses
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Jersey than in New York State, 1) They would avoid New York State's transfer taxes which contributed $31,000,000 to Governor Lehman's budget even in the last lean year. 2) All security dealers who lived in New Jersey and all those who chose to move there would avoid the New York State income tax (New Jersey has none). When these facts were generally realized last week things moved swiftly...
...monument forever fixed with his name. Alexander's fancy was of an extremely practical sort, and his project was to found a great city, to bear his name, to keep fresh his memory through the ages, and to pay tribute. The monarch summoned the best architects available, chose a site, subdivided and staked it in the fashion of real-estate visionaries throughout the ages. Had this been the conclusion of the tale Alexander the Great would have taken his place beside Nephew Napoleon and the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers as judge of the value of terra firma...
...Freshmen reported for the first practice session and after the usual preliminaries Coach Cliff Gallagher chose 12 teams at random and ran through a few plays. The squad boasts many school-boy stars but is some lighter than the usual...
...famed young Democrat in attendance was moose-tall James Roosevelt, eldest son of the President. As treasurer, he reported the clubs took in $1,846.78 last year, spent $1,642.35 but still had a deficit of $1,947.53. The convention with a whoop elected him secretary. For president they chose Clifford Woodward of Des Moines...
...course. That apparently happened to de Pinedo, and his skill failed. Not yet going fast enough to rise, his ship slewed sharply, heading straight for the field's administration building where 150 persons stood watching. Then it slewed further as though, foreseeing danger to many, de Pinedo chose disaster for himself alone. The thundering Bellanca crashed through a heavy wire fence, shearing off the landing gear. Its engine still roaring, it plunged on some 25 yd. before flumping on its side. Bright little flames were trickling up to the gas tanks. Watchers could see de Pinedo, who had been...