Word: gatherings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Early that afternoon reports reached Governor Albert Cabell Ritchie at Annapolis that a crowd might be expected to gather at Princess Anne that evening, a crowd of far different temper from the one which gathered on the Eastern Shore three weeks ago to honor the founder of the U. S. Presbyterian Church (TIME, Oct. 16). When he heard the crowd was growing and growing ugly, Governor Ritchie ordered more troopers to the support of the 22 who were already guarding the square-faced little jail. He prepared to call out militia, requested the local American Legion commander to help protect...
...York Stock Exchange a questionnaire so exhaustive that it would have required practically a complete audit of the books of all the Exchange's members, a study of some 10,000,000 accounts of customers with brokers. The Exchange refused to answer, saying it had no authority to gather such information. Promptly a dozen prominent brokers were summoned to Washington for questioning and Inquisitor Pecora threatened to subpoena all 1,375 members. The brokers went, told the committee that it would cost $5,000,000 to examine their records for all the data requested, offered to answer a more...
...RETURN of RAFFLES - Barry Perowne-Day ($2). Raffles and Bunny, resurrected, repaired and rejuvenated, share three adventures. Plentifully supplied with Sullivan cigarets, they assist the Law, gather a bit of "nobody's money" on the side...
There will be no outward display or procession. The attendants will gather informally in the Faculty Room after arriving individually. The committee which arranged the installation consists of George R. Agassiz '84, President of the Board of Overseers; Thomas N. Perkins '91, senior member of the Corporation; and Phillip P. Chase '99, the University Marshal...
...Agar's analysis can gather few garlands in the name of novelty. It has been taught for years from every enlightened college lecture platform. "The People's Choice," however, may be counted important, for the very good reason that Mr. Agar has told his story simply and well, that he sums up a complicated analysis in terms that can be understood by the average citizen and in a year when such ideas should be common property...