Word: dusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...when Franklin Delano Roosevelt crossed the continent from West to East, he had to pass through intolerable drought, heat, dust. Last week the uncomfortable feature of his East-to-West journey was the 17th annual convention of the American Legion at St. Louis. At one time the President had tentatively agreed to address the Legionaries. He now had changed his mind. So he arranged his itinerary with formal speaking stops only at Boulder Dam and the San Diego Exposition, after which he planned to go home by way of the Panama Canal on a cruiser. To put the best face...
...moment when troops with muffled drums and arms reversed gave full military honors to the body of the Rev. Robert Ford. Originally a witch doctor from Barbados, this personage arrived in Addis Ababa many years ago with an impressive manner and a suitcase full of goofer dust, rabbits' feet, crocodile bones and other potent nostrums, soon worked himself up to a post of great respectability and became "the Reverend." When not exorcising spirits, the Rev. Robert Ford played first saxophone in Emperor Haile Selassie's imperial band. He also gave banjo lessons and read horoscopes...
Besides the mire and dust of gravel paths there is a greater total expense to the university. Asphalt requires very little upkeep and makes snow removal infinitely cheaper and more rapid. The use of dangerous and unsightly narrow wooden walks in winter is unnecessary; the expensive storage and repair of these may be abandoned...
...last time the task of laying down and removing miles of board walks on University paths has presented itself to University minds and biceps. Dust and mud have worried janitors for the last time...
With macadamization under way other savings soon appeared. Janitors reported fewer tons of dust and mud tracked annually into buildings from the dirt paths...