Word: controllable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fine fellow. They did not revise their opinion of John L. Lewis, whom they do not consider fine. In this, Messrs. Ford and Bennett agree with Mr. Martin, who has actively disliked Mr. Lewis since the C. I. O. chairman put Vice Chairman Philip Murray and Sidney Hillman in control of U. A. W. two months...
...Clark of Newark last week added to the history of Free Speech in Jersey City by ruling, in favor of C.I.O. and the Civil Liberties Union, that Boss Frank Hague must let them move freely about, distribute circulars, display placards, but may still require permits for public addresses and control the composition of mass audiences. Red-hating Boss Hague promptly announced: "Our position is exactly the same...
...present war had lasted up to this week 480 days. Some 200,000,000 of the 400,000,000 Chinese people have passed under even nominal Japanese control, and in every "conquered" Chinese province guerrilla resistance continues. All the greatest Chinese cities are now in Japanese hands. Japan holds seven of the principal gateways to China, is attempting to profit from the trade which still flows through these gates. At latest dispatches, however, not a single nationally known Chinese had become a Japanese puppet ruler, excepting the "Emperor of Manchukuo"-which is not in China proper. There was still...
This drastic measure saved Marseille. By 11 p. m. the fire was under control, by next morning damage was estimated held down to $1,500,000. The death toll at latest reports...
From the matter-of-fact voice of the militia officer who said he was at the crater caused by the cylinder and had everything under control, to the plaintive gasp of the last radio operator calling into a void, the story and production had grip. But the only explanation for the badly panicked thousands-who evidently had neither given themselves the pleasure of familiarizing themselves with Wells's famous book nor had the wit to confirm or deny the catastrophe by dialing another station-is that recent concern over a possible European Armageddon has badly spooked...