Word: haying
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Governor James V. Allred of Texas, himself a pollinosis victim, proclaimed a statewide "Hay Fever Day." At the Texas Centennial in Dallas, scores of damp-eyed snifflers assembled in an air-conditioned room, sang a plaintive song about rag-weed,* laid plans for permanent organization...
Greentree, with the only 10-goal poloist in U. S. ranking, Tommy Hitchcock, at No. 3, and England's Gerald Balding, 9 goals, at No. 2, is named for the Manhasset estate of John Hay Whitney. He is the team's backer, and, although his handicap is only 5, its Back. Minuscule Pete Bostwick plays No. 1. On paper the strongest team in the tournament (31 goals) is Templeton, which had a first-round bye. It includes three of the four players who beat England at Hurlingham in June-Winston Guest at Back, Stewart Iglehart...
...Secretary of Agriculture Wallace gloomily admitted is now the worst in U. S. history. Since by the Kansas Constitution Governor Landon could not aid needy farmers with State funds, he set out to make others do the job. Through his efforts. Western railroads cut their fares one-third on hay and one-half on other feed shipped in for starving stock. The Santa Fe Railroad halved its tariff on water shipments. The WPA chipped in with 5,000 jobs...
...start of the Kentucky Derby; Bold Venture beat him by a nose in the Preakness-cost him this race too? Ten horses, bunched in a feathery cloud of dust, swung into the last turn, and Jockey Jimmy Stout on Granville made his bid. Granville caught the leader, John Hay Whitney's Mr. Bones. Then down the stretch, while 35,000 people shouted, he outran his own bad luck. Mr. Bones was two and a half lengths back at the finish, Hollyrood was third...
...John Hay ("Jock") Whitney's Freeport Texas reported semi-annual income of $1,014,000 as against $550,000 in the initial half of last year...