Word: duckings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...publicity stunts'' as director of the George Washington Bi-Centennial Commission; an assault upon President Hoover's Unemployment policy as "a food dole substituted for a money dole"; description of Illinois' Governor Louis Lincoln Emmerson's bewilderment when President Hoover curtailed the duck-shooting season: "What do you know about that guy! He must think that ducks vote in Illinois...
Under heading "Frogs eat Duck," TIME, Aug. 31, I would like to tell you about the big bull frog I found on the sandy shore of Half Moon Pond in New Hampshire...
...Abercrombie & Fitch, Manhattan sporting goods store, last week held an exhibition of duck decoys, including the original over which President Grover Cleveland first shot...
Said President Holt: "A man can be a mucker [on the gridiron and diamond] and still get applause. The same tactics in the duck blind or on the quail field will bring him the contempt of his companions. Taking an average, I have found more outdoorsmen whom I admired than I have athletes...
...emergency regulation curtailed the open season for gunning duck, geese and brant to 31 days in northern States, 30 days in central and southern States. Nowhere in the U. S. may waterfowl be taken before the end of September or after the beginning of January. State authorities may shorten their seasons further if they want to. The Federal bag limits remain as before: 15 ducks, four geese (including brant) per day; not more than 30 ducks or eight geese in possession at one time. Divided to match the times of migration, the new state seasons...