Word: deeps
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...continent divided this scene from another, more ominous inter-union struggle. Stockton, Calif., about 150 miles from the sea but connected with San Francisco Bay by a deep water channel, cans and ships the fruits and vegetables of the fertile San Joaquin Valley. Fortnight ago the Agricultural Workers Union called a strike in four of Stockton's largest canneries, demanding better pay, shorter hours. The Agricultural Workers Union belongs to the A.F. of L. but the strike was ordered by Stockton's Central Labor Council which is controlled by the I.L.A. On the Pacific Coast, however, Joseph...
...research at Harvard, Wilbur Cortez Abbott, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of History has announced his resignation from the faculty. Universally recognized as one of the outstanding authorities on British history, Professor Abbott's History 42 has been one of the most valuable courses in the field. His interest and deep study of English history of the Seventeenth Century has resulted in the publication of "A Bibliography of Oliver Cromwell," and "Adventures in Reputation...
...devotee of deep-sea fishing, she also enjoys making ungentlemanly motorists climb lamp-posts and drives a heavy Packard expressly for that purpose...
...Hearstpapers.* Six of the nine dailies now included in Hearst publications, Inc. made less money last year than ten years ago, the exceptions being the Oakland Post-Enquirer, Los Angeles Evening Herald & Express and the Detroit Times. Four made less money last year than five years ago in the deep of Depression, and six showed circulation losses since 1932. Most conspicuous loser was the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, which has shown operating losses every year since 1929. Definitely on the down grade is the Chicago Evening American, which used to be one of the big Hearst moneymakers. However...
...Green Pastures. Author Bradford has never quite recaptured the careless rapture of his first book, but he is now well established as a legitimate heir of Joel Chandler Harris. The Three-Headed Angel is a new departure for him, not only because it is not laid in the deep South but because it has only one Negro character. Most readers will consider that his Hoop Pole Ridgers make up for the loss. Author Bradford swears he has made up the names of all his characters. Mersery Pillow's mother called her that after the planet Mercury. Brigadier-General Bushrod...