Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week Mr. Crisp resigned from the Tariff Commission, to which President Hoover had appointed him as a "lame duck." Jan. 1 he becomes lobbyist for Savannah Sugar Corp...
...Senate the House beer bill was referred to the Judiciary Committee for a look at its constitutionality, after which it would go to the Finance Committee to have its revenue raising features examined. Loudly fearful that such procedure would cause delay, Connecticut's Republican Bingham, a "lame duck" who would like to see his name tagged to Wet legislation, attempted to execute a slick trick by moving immediate consideration of a 3.2% beer bill of his own. His motion was defeated 48-10-23 after Democrats hotly accused him of seeking "partisan advantage' But this vote was only...
...President Hoover appoints the Federal Home Loan Board, headed by his old friend and 1928 campaigner Franklin William Fort, "lame duck" Representative from New Jersey. Three days after taking office the Board marches to the White House to be photographed with the President. Says he: "Good luck and God bless...
Author of the beer bill was Mississippi's "Lame Duck" Collier. Ways & Means chairman, longtime Dry. On it the committee held a fortnight's hearings which in vehement arguments, loud controversy and ardent pleadings resembled many another Wet & Dry set-to at the Capitol. There was, however, this important difference: the committee's mind was made up in advance to act on beer. Thus, with their case already won, the Wets restricted their testimony to a minimum. Brewers supplied trade
Banging and hissing into the Combahee River, S. C. duck preserves of Broker Edward F, Hutton, Manhattan socialite, soared many a skyrocket, roman candle & firecracker, set off by angry hunters. They charged he had caused or permitted ducks to be scared from other preserves so that his own might be well-filled. Warned the Charleston Record in an editorial titled "Hutton, the Czar of Combahee": "There is a limit to the amount of arrogance human beings will stand from any member of their race. Mr. Hutton may some day learn that because he has bought a piece of property...