Word: ens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Marching en masse to Parliament House the wafd deputies and senators found the great iron gates locked. "Unlock them!" commanded the deputies' president, a wafdist. "So sorry!" apologized the chief of the parliamentary police, "but the key is lost...
...White House visitors last week included: 1) Rear-Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, back from the Antarctic (see p. 18); 2) U. S. Ambassador Charles Gates Dawes, en route to assist in planning the World's Fair at Chicago; 3) President William Green of the American Federation of Labor, who said after seeing the President: "I discussed . . . the question of unemployment. . . . The situation is decidedly encouraging now. . . . I am rather of the opinion that the census report will show the number of unemployed will not be as great as some have forecast...
Only as the Prestes passed through New York en route to Washington did anyone crack a joke at their expense. Fog had delayed their ship seven hours. In his official speech of welcome Mayor James John ("Jimmy") Walker, notorious for being late on all occasions, wisecracked: "I concede to you. Sir, the championship which heretofore has been bestowed on me." Hearing the Tammanyites guffaw, President-elect Prestes laughed politely, though he does not speak English. In Brazil, where public greetings are taken seriously and must embody the flower of courtesy, such a "joke" would have been an insult and President...
...Florida, and three subsidiaries failed to open their doors. The four banks had aggregate deposits of over $19,000,000. To meet possible runs on other Miami banks the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta rushed $2,000,000 cash down by airplane, announced that $6,000,000 more was en route...
...while entertainments is short. The Vagabond suggests that the appearance of Will Rogers in person at the Met beginning tomorrow is a proper reason for rejoicing. Finally, there remain the always enjoyable Pops. The program for tonight follows: TONIGHT Prelude to "Carmen" Bizet Overture to "The Flying Dutchman" Wagner En Sourdine Tellam Fantasia, "Il Trovatore" Verdi Finlandia, Symphonic Poem Sibelius Ave Maria Bach Gounod Ouverture Solennelle, "1812" Tchaikovsky Selection, "Eileen" Herbert Waltz "Vienna Blood" Strauss Triumphal March from "Aida" Verdi