Word: greenes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...petition asking for R. O. T. C., Mrs. Bradford's group got a larger number to petition the Board of Education for a course in hog-calling. One day, to the astonishment of Kenosha's labor leaders, the Legionnaires quoted A. F. of L.'s William Green in favor of R. O. T. C. Labormen immediately made wires to Washington hum. Next day William Green reversed himself...
...girls we knew. Maybe it was because we knew here better, and had seen her react to danger, to beauty, had seen the mother instinct come out in her in a subdued sort of way. Maybe it was because she liked the things we like; animals and green fields and wishing wells. And she had nice friends, simple people, a relief from the kind nice follow you see around the Yard. She was "different," and we liked her, and we'll be on hand to welcome Snow White when she pulls into the University this morning...
...Blum. Therefore 1,000,000 French War veterans through their national organization petitioned President Albert Lebrun to make exceptional use of the Presidential powers and himself head a "French Cabinet of Public Safety"-i.e. kick out the Blum Popular Front cabinet. In prompt retort the William Green of French Labor, portly Léon Jouhaux, announced in the name of 5,000,000 unionized workmen that if the Popular Front Cabinet falls "we will go the limit to set it up again-BY OUR OWN MEANS...
...Budapest railway. The scenery is unbeatable; on the east side of the valley the Alps rise 8,441 ft. at the top of the Naafkopf. The biggest village is Vaduz (pop. 1,715), the capital. None of the others shelters more than 1,500. There are no jails. Three green-suited gendarmes keep order. The inhabitants of the mountainous, comic-opera principality are largely cattle raisers, farmers. Chief means of transport is the bicycle and the streets of the sleepy little valley towns are usually dotted with cyclists, ambling cows and goats. The ruling family owns Liechtenstein's only...
...EDUCATION OF A DIPLOMAT-Hugh Wilson-Longmans, Green ($2.50). Pleasantly written, diplomatically reticent reminiscences of the present U. S. Ambassador to Germany, covering the period from 1911 to the entry of the U. S. into the War, embassy experiences in Lisbon, Guatemala, Buenos Aires, Berlin...