Word: holidaying
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Citizen Roosevelt reached the Presidential suite of the Mayflower Hotel, slips of yellow paper were already accumulating: "Boise, Idaho . . . Acting Governor Hill today declared a 15-day bank holiday. . . ." "Salem, Ore. Governor Meier today proclaimed a three-day bank. . . ." "Phoenix, Ariz. Governor Mocur today declared. . . ." "Carson City, Nev. A four-day legal. . . ." "Austin, Texas. . . ." "Salt Lake City...
...From March 6 to 9 inclusive, a complete holiday for all banks...
...California Governor Rolph reprieved Peter Farrington, condemned murderer. Reason: doubtful legality of a hanging on a holiday...
...pointed out that of course the scrip would not be backed by gold deposits. "I think that would be a good thing," he stated. "Right now we are off the gold standard; we have been since the banks closed, and we would have been forced off if the bank holiday had not been declared. On March 1 there was a gold reserve of $1,500,000,000; on March 4 that reserve was only $300,000,000. That loss was caused partly by the mania that swept the country for converting all one's money into gold and partly...
...serious scholastic endeavor. There is an air of profundity hovering over the lamb and mint sauce, an air of correctness about the entertainments. One finds it difficult to fancy the prim and stainless chandeliers of that sunny dining room jangling to the raucous laughter of a "Shoemaker's Holiday." Men of Lowell find their pleasure in musicales and staid comedies...