Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...unpopular responsibility of drafting a billion-dollar revenue bill and pushing it through a balky House. He voted for: Declaration of War (1917), the 18th Amendment (1917), Volstead Act (1919), Tax Reduction (1924, 1927), Restrictive Immigration (1924), Soldier Bonus (1924), Reapportionment (1929), Farm Board (1929), Bonus loans (1931), "Lame Duck" Amendment, (1931, 1932), Philippine Independence (1932), Sales Tax (1932), Federal employes paycut (1932), Unemployment Relief Bill (1932). He voted against: Fordney-McCumber Tariff (1921), Hawley-Smoot Tariff (1930), State option on liquor (1932), Wartime income taxes (1932), full Bonus cashing (1932). He votes Dry, drinks Dry, has announced that...
Last week President Hoover had good news for duck hunters. The season for hunting duck and other migratory waterfowl, last year drastically cut to one month (TIME, Sept. 7), will be extended this year to two months...
Last year's law caught sportsmen napping. Many insisted there was no shortage. Others, admitting a shortage in the West and a general scarcity of canvasbacks, redheads and other divers, insisted that in the East most wildfowl were as plentiful as ever, black ducks more so. Editor Raymond Prunty ("Ray") Holland of Field & Stream argued that if a duck cannot find food in one place it will go somewhere else. To raise money for conservation the American Game Association introduced a bill in Congress providing for a $1 Federal hunting license, met a counter proposal from the More Game Birds...
...lightens several restrictions imposed last year, sets the following dates for hunting duck, geese, brant and coot...
...century" (100 runs & better). His 117 helped the Australians put together 276 for seven wick ets. In the third match, Batsman Brad man had a disheartening experience. He took a tremendous swing at the second ball offered him by Bowler Clarke, snicked it slightly, was caught out for a "duck egg" (score of 0) for the first time since his arrival in North America...