Word: forwarded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...soul, voted for the columbine. Since then at different times, I have endeavored to interest people in this subject of the columbine as a national flower; and just happening to read the May Nature magazine, I discovered that the subject of a national flower is being brought forward by that magazine and in the poll of votes printed the wild rose was running far ahead of the columbine...
...reduce or eliminate the 25% ad valorem tariff on motor cars. Theory: this U. S. industry, with its huge exports, no longer needs protection. Motormen Henry Ford, Alfred Pritchard Sloan Jr., Alvan Macauley (Packard, National Automotive Chamber of Commerce) and Walter C. White, were among those invited to step forward and give their views on this change. When they failed to make prompt response, there was committee talk of subpoenaing them...
...Walter Eberle, 64, rear admiral, native of Texas, onetime Commander-in-Chief of the U. S. Fleet; in Washington, D. C.; of an old infection in his right ear. Rear Admiral Eberle was a lieutenant on the Oregon on its dash around the Horn (1898), had charge of its forward turret at the battle of Santiago...
...tightly hooked into his light blue tunic, handed his wife into an automobile in front of the Serajevo town hall. A few moments later as the automobile passed by the Lateiner bridge over the Miljacka River, a volley of pistol shots rang out. The Archduke and his wife slumped forward, dead. That shooting by the Serajevo bridge, fuse of the World War, brought death to millions. Incidentally it brought independence from Austria to the province of Bosnia and the creation of the Jugoslav Kingdom. Last week all Jugoslavia celebrated the anniversary...
...nose is so flattened on his face that a punch on it makes him snort for breath like a prize hog. It seemed best to him to cross his big bony arms in front of his face to protect it from Schmeling's choppy thrusts, to bend over forward and try to butt Schmeling around to where he could be hit by a wild-swinging attack. After he found the range, Uzcudun thrashed often and heavily into Schmeling's ribs during their head-to-head clinches. But Schmeling stood it well and got the better of this horizontal infighting...