Word: hazards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Hazard No. 1 was the visit of Dr. Hugo Eckener to see what was holding up U. S. shipments of helium to Germany. Since Secretary Hull had approved the shipments, the responsibility here went to Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes, who had not approved them...
...Hazard No. 2 was a Senate resolution introduced by North Dakota's Nye suggesting that the U. S. repeal the embargo on shipments of arms to Spain. Passed in January 1937, the embargo has been consistently criticized for doing less to effect U. S. neutrality than to assist Generalissimo Franco, by its disheartening effect on the Loyalist Government. Like the Scott Resolution three weeks ago, the Nye Resolution apparently had the tacit approval of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. With the President still off on his fishing trip, Secretary Hull decided to delay his shot-in the form of a note...
...Hazard No. 3, apparently the least troublesome of the lot, was the one that caused calm Secretary Hull to speak his mind more briskly than usual. In the Washington Merry-Go-Round (circ. 13,500,000) last week appeared a story to the effect that Secretary Hull and his "career boys" had been violating the neutrality law by allowing shipments of arms to Germany. Reason: The Neutrality Act prohibits arms shipments "in violation of a treaty" and the 1921 peace treaty specifically prohibits "importation into Germany of arms, munitions and war materials." That day, Columnist Drew Pearson, co-author...
...Harvard airmen will fly easily maneuverable two-seated Fleet biplanes, medium weight training ships. They have a slower landing speed than heavier and more advanced planes and are extremely versatile. Since there will be no speed event, as all events involving hazard were ruled out at the National Intercollegiate Flying Club Conference in Washington this April, they are splendidly adapted for this meet...
...Giles Presbyterian Church of Richmond. Other residents promptly got up a petition declaring they would not welcome a church because ''the peace and quiet of the locality would be disturbed . . . clustering of a large number of cars on Sunday would constitute a traffic inconvenience and hazard." To preserve their Sabbath peace, the Hampton Gardens Association thereupon voted. 51-to-7, against allowing St. Giles or any other church to build there...