Word: fewness
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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In Washington, the agitation for a Senate investigation of textile labor troubles began to bear fruit. North Carolina's Senator Simmons withdrew his objections to a resolution by Montana's Senator Wheeler, when the scope of the inquiry was broadened to take in the whole U. S. instead...
Pulmotors were carried into the building from the roof and applied to the victims as headway was made into the smoke-filled rooms. A few of those revived were able to walk to ladders and descend. The great majority were carried out. The lawns adjoining were littered with the bodies...
There was a steel fire door on the film room fitted with a thermostat to close it if the temperature became too high. But sometime before, a blundering plumber had placed a water pipe in such a way that although it did not prevent the closing of the door by...
Last week the London Evening Stand ard commented on the French reduction of visa fees : "France has so many advantages over Britain for the attraction of Americans that we can ill afford to put any obstacles in the way of the potential visitor. There is a tendency on this side...
Passenger traffic has become a more significant phenomenon than airmail or air express. The first passenger in a heavier than air machine was one Charles Furnas, employe of the Wright brothers. As everyone knows they were first to fly successfully, at Kitty Hawk, N.C., Dec. 17, 1903. A few months...