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Word: dew (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have the dew and the dawn and the sunshine of a new era. No man or woman will ever go hungry in this town...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Doleful Detroit | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

...shouted a short, slender, red-headed young Irishman named Frank Murphy last September as he campaigned to be Mayor of Detroit. Times were hard but he would bring practical relief. Many good Detroit citizens were surprised when "Dew & Sunshine" Murphy was elected Mayor but many, many more were downright astonished when he, unlike most politicians, pitched in vigorously to execute his campaign promises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Doleful Detroit | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Last week most of the dew, dawn and sunshine had vanished from Detroit. Its dole system under Mayor Murphy had brought the city to the brink of bankruptcy. Jobless relief had cost the city $17,000,000. Because of hard times $11,000,000 in taxes remained unpaid. It closed its fiscal year with a $14,500.000 deficit. Ten percent of the population was out of work. Thirty thousand fam-ilies-132,000 individuals-were being carried on the city's relief rolls at a cost of $1,000,000 per month. Fraud and embezzlement had been found...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATES & CITIES: Doleful Detroit | 7/20/1931 | See Source »

Second 150's: Stroke, C. E. Benson '32; 7, G. L. Dow '33; C. Evan Randolph, Jr. '31; 5, S. H. Stackpole '33; 4, D. L. Carlton '31; 3, C. deW. Perry '32; 2, L. L. Filstrup '33; Bow, J. M. Bigelow '33; Cox, K. A. Wing...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CHOPPY WATER AND HEAD WINDS HINDER CREWS IN WORKOUT | 5/8/1931 | See Source »

Crew B. Stroke, Prince: L. Evan Randolph, Jr., '32; 6. R. D. Wells '33; 5 J. DeW. Perry, Jr., '32, 4. G. F. Lombard '33; 3 C. R. Pratt '33; 2,. C. N. Proufy, Jr., '31; Bow. D. L. Charlton...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 150-POUND CREWS WILL RACE TODAY | 4/1/1931 | See Source »

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