Word: cleanness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Demagog into Dictator. When New Orleans Democrats went to the polls to select two Congressmen, a State Supreme Court judge and a Public Service commissioner, Senator Huey Pierce Long had mobilized Louisiana's entire national guard to insure a "clean election." He had also made his Legislature pass enough laws month before to turn over to his henchmen complete control of the electoral machinery (TIME, Aug. 27). No match for the "Kingfish" in legislative wiles, Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley had an augmented police force of 2,000 which nearly equalled Senator Long's militant manpower...
...Refrain from creating any sound while drinking or chewing. II-1, Clothes should be kept clean and in good order. II-2, Also well buttoned. II-9, All clothes should be made with native materials. III-9, Keep the lavatory clean. IV-12, Refrain from making big noises while on a train or steamer. V5, Obey orders of your superiors. V6, Have a plan before working. VII-6, Don't read indecent books and don't look at indecent pictures...
...Democrats and Republicans in the Illinois Legislature. Year later the Chicago Tribune was furnished with papers purporting to show that he had bought his seat through a $100,000 "jack pot" to which even Illinois River fishermen had been forced to contribute. When the Senate gave him a clean bill, the Tribune unearthed fresh evidence. In July 1912 the Senate voted to unseat Boss Lorimer. Complete collapse of the Lorimer prestige came in 1914 when he was tried on mismanagement charges growing out of a bank chain he had formed after leaving Washington. Having watched his most famed pupil, William...
...Powel Crosley Jr.'s 500,000-watt Radio Station WLW, strongest broadcaster on earth. WLW pointed out that the people of Mason, if they wanted to install the proper apparatus, could probably snatch enough power out of the air to cook their meals, wash & iron their clothes, clean their rugs, run their radios...
...appearance vastly improved. Last week a vine of steel scaffolding began to creep up the shaft's sides. When the scaffolding reaches the top workmen will scramble up, remove dirt, soot, dust, fill in chinks, bathe the entire monument in soap and water until it looks as clean as it did on Dec. 6, 1884 when its aluminum tip was finally set into place. Cost of the monument's first bath...