Word: coin
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...work there was evolved a notable document scrupulously delimiting the powers and prerogatives of a proposed Federal Government. To Congress was granted right to tax, to provide for the common defense, "to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the Indian tribes," to coin money, issue patents, hang pirates. Subsequently attached to the original Constitution was a Bill of Rights which ended thus: "The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people...
...entrusted. Everett Marshall's excellent baritone deserved better means of expression than the usual tear-jerker about the down-and-outer who stresses the point that his dejected head once was encased in an Uncle Sam tin hat and won't somebody please give him a bit of coin. The chorus is quite handsome and gyrates with sufficient abandon. The costumes and sets are striking. It's all good fun, and not too clean...
...rent. Many a corporation would go bankrupt and the U. S. Government would find its debt increased by two-thirds. But the likelihood of the Supreme Court denying the validity of the gold contract law is considered relatively remote inasmuch as the Constitution specifically gives Congress the power to "coin money, regulate the value thereof...
...face, gives her performances a peculiarly effective quality. For Little Friend her clothes were designed by Schiaparelli. She goes to a private school at Wimbledon, speaks French and German, sews frocks, knits scarves, cooks Swiss rolls, owns a black and white cat, an ivory mouse, a goldfish and a coin with the Lord's prayer engraved on it. Ending a month's visit to the U. S. she last week sailed for England where she will make two pictures a year for the next two years...
Then, while detectives watched the shadow of their criminal flit about their pin-pricked map without ever leaving a satisfactory clue, a huge piece of luck came from Washington. On April 5, 1933, Franklin Roosevelt recalled all gold bullion, coin and certificates. Since $40,000 of the $50,000 ransom money was in gold notes, police chances of catching the extortionist were increased a hundredfold. Not only the Lindbergh money but all gold bills automatically became "hot." The problem had been simplified, but by no means solved. In August $2,980 of the Lindbergh notes were converted into legitimate currency...