Word: franked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Taxed but far from exhausted by two weeks of day-night vigil, the President journeyed to Hyde Park for a weekend rest. With his mother he drove through the rain to St. James Episcopal Church at Hyde Park, where he heard the Rev. Frank R. Wilson denounce Adolf Hitler, read from the Old Testament (Habakkuk, 2:8): ". . . Because thou hast spoiled many nations, all the remnant of the people shall spoil thee...
...four continents of the world there was bitter sorrow last week over War. But in the fifth, the carrot-shaped continent, there was frank rejoicing...
Naphthalene acetic acid and naphthalene acetamide are two of the "growth substances" or hormone-like chemicals, which growers now use to stimulate root-sprouting, accelerate pollen production, etc. etc. Dr. Frank Easter Gardner and his co-workers at the U. S. Bureau of Plant Industry station in Beltsville, Md. decided to try these two naphthalene compounds as a spray to keep ripening apples from dropping. They sprayed ten varieties of apple trees just before crop maturity, were signally successful in preventing premature falls. In Science last week they reported that in tests on one troublesome variety ("Williams Early Red") only...
...Comedienne Tucker, suspended by its member Equity for "treason," rejoined the cast even at rehearsal, the actors would walk out. Ultimatumed I. A. T. S. E.: If Producer Freedley tried to hire a substitute, the stagehands would walk out. A. A. A. A. President Frank Gillmore rallied his Thespians. His lieutenant, acting Equity President Bert Lytell, his eye on the headlines, keynoted: "We are in the same position as Poland. We have been invaded and we must fight...
...Chairman Jerome Frank's suggestion for a brokerage bank for customers' cash and free securities, a special Stock Exchange Board turned thumbs down. Its alternative: a 14-point program for completion of the Exchange's extensive self-policing policy...