Word: halibut
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...west of England had first sailed into the grey shimmering bay that smelt of woods and wild grape, looking for something; liberty . . . freedom to worship God in their own manner . . . space to breathe. Thinking of these things, worrying as he pushed the little cart loaded with eels, haddock, cod, halibut, swordfish, Vanzetti spent his mornings . . . weighting-out fish...." The fish peddler worried because a few days before, on a fine cool May morning in the year 1920, a body had been found-smashed lifeless on the pavement in front of a Department of Justice office-the body of another anarchist...
...which Captain MacMillan has made in Arctic exploration are extremely invaluable from a scientific point of view and the story of his career is a thrilling one. His interest in the North is derived from the fact that his father, a fisherman, made yearly trips to the Arctic after halibut and brought back to his children Eskimo toys and implements Peary became interested in young MacMillan through hearing that he had rescued ten people from drowning in Casco Bay, and some time later invited him to join an expedition to the North. It was on this trip that Peary reached...
...Halibut, river herring, sea trout, striped bass, clams are all decreasing in numbers...
...chemicals, factory wastes, etc. Some measures have already been taken by Congress. There is a new law against dumping of oil by oil-burning vessels; drastic restrictions have been placed on the Alaskan salmon fisheries; the upper Mississippi River has been set aside as a breeding ground; a halibut treaty has been signed with Canada...
...Ratified a treaty with Great Britain for perserving the halibut fisheries of the North Pacific. ¶Adopted, 61 to 23, a House resolution for an amendment to the Constitution, giving Congress authority to regulate child labor. The Amendment now goes to the states for ratification...