Word: flooded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ohio Valley, one for the deep South (TVA), one for the Missouri Basin, one for the Arkansas Valley and Texas, one for the Columbia River Valley (already in formation), one for California and the Colorado River Basin. These would undertake national planning in their respective spheres, cope with flood control, soil erosion and the other conservation problems. Although the President hardly mentioned electric power in his message, the bills introduced into each House of Congress to carry out the program provided that the regional agencies could create corporations for that purpose. They also provided that "No person shall be appointed...
...floor of the House. Their plaint was not its size but its blanket appropriation of one and a half billions to be spent at the President's and Mr. Hopkins' pleasure. The rebels were led by Joe Starnes who demanded that $55,000,000 be earmarked for flood and drought control; Wilburn Cartwright of McAlester, Okla. who demanded $150,000,000 be earmarked for roads; Alfred Beiter of Williamsville, N. Y., who demanded $300,000,000 be earmarked for Public Works. They in turn had the backing of the lobbyists of the steel and cement industries...
...Whenever a boat arrives from the United States there is a special flood of letters...
Pleased with this yarn, Reporter Paine was further tickled when letters from hopeful investors asking M. Grantaire's address began to flood the Press office. Soon Mr. Paine grew accustomed to seeing his fabulous tale reprinted in unsophisticated journals under the heading "Scientific Notes" or "Nuggets of Fact." Back from the Spanish-American War and the Boxer Uprising, working on the New York Herald, Spiderman Paine had the fabrication brought to his attention again in 1902 when a plagiarist tried to sell it to him for publication in the Herald. Soon thereafter, Reporter Paine gave up newspaper work...
...Howard Sullivan 120 *Joseph Spence Harvin 106 Charles Lee Burwell 105 Richard Peter Hedblom 95 Cleveland Amory 82 Richard Stanwood Benner 74 Oliver Payne Bolton 70 Robert Alexandre Sears 68 Frank Paul Davidson 61 Robert M. Bunker 57 Henry Edwards Russell 56 Ulysses John Lupien, Jr. 51 Richard Russell Flood 50 Caleb Foote 49 Charles Dickey Dyer, 3rd. 37 Robert Maurice Ravven...