Word: finally
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Germany last week to try to get some helium for German dirigibles. The U. S. has practically all the helium there is, Germany has practically all the dirigibles. The National Munitions Control Board approved the export last November, but since helium is a natural resource, the Interior Department has final say. Secretary Ickes, not convinced that Germany would use the non-inflammable gas for commercial purposes only, has held up the shipment...
...Children under ten pay $1 for a piano, violin or cello lesson, and a class in musical theory is thrown in for nothing. Adults pay $2. Actually these fees cover only one-third the cost of the lessons. Another third comes from the school's endowment fund; a final third is raised by public subscription. For specially talented pupils free scholarships are sometimes provided...
...Jones's hearers took this lambasting in stony silence. The next night at the final convention dinner in the Hotel Willard, their reaction to 68 honor guests was equally frank. Cabinet members Frances Perkins and Henry Wallace got a cool reception; Lammot du Pont drew thunderous applause; ultra-conservative Justice James Clark McReynolds brought down the house...
Harvard swingers immediately made a bid for the lead and pushed ahead with the Elis closely astern. Well aware that a second place was sufficient to place in the final race in the afternoon, stroke Bill Kellogg of the Blue let the Crimson extend themselves to an exhaustive victory. The record fell by the winning 6:58 time, but Yale also bettered the course mark...
...Friday the Hodder coached team swamped Holy Cross 7-2, and Saturday morning in the closest match this year edged Williams 5-4. In the final encounter Saturday afternoon, the Crimson broke the Elis' 10 year hold on first place by trouncing them...