Word: ib
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...years in the White House have greyed his hair, accentuated the pastiness of his complexion, deepened the lines in his round boyish face, so easy to caricature, so hard to paint. He has worked off 15 Ib. of fat. His health has been uninterruptedly good, thanks to a stern physical routine. Two dozen months of the White House spotlight were enough to generate an embryonic halo about the head of Calvin ("Weaned-on-a-pickle") Coolidge, a previously insignificant politician who had cautiously climbed the Massachusetts "escalator." Two dozen months of spotlight put completely in the shadow Herbert Hoover...
...shown in the U. S. before, were not recognized as a breed in England until 1920. They are smart fox-hunting dogs and get their name because they come from the borderland of Scotland and England. They are small, hard-looking terriers, a foot high and weighing about 15 Ib. A West Point cadet who showed three of them had the class to himself. Best was Blacklyne Lady...
Cigarets produced during 1930 reached a new high of 119,624,909,900, an increase of 586,000,000 over 1929. Cigar production dropped 662,000,000 to 5,889,132,400. A decrease of 9,000,000 Ib. brought manufactured tobacco down to 328,765,000 Ib. Snuff produced was slightly less at 40,112,663 Ib...
...course direct to the U. S. had been abandoned for a route via Rio de Janeiro. And Lieut. Clarence H. ("Dutch") Schildhauer, former U. S. Navy flyer, had returned from the U. S. to his post as copilot. The DO-X carried a crew of 13, with 1,100 Ib. of mail (180,000 letters & cards) and six passengers, among them the Portuguese Admiral Gago Coutinho who in 1922 made the first flight from Europe to South America. In happy contrast to the misfortune-dogged jumps from Switzerland to Lisbon, last week's 715-1111. flight to Las Palmas...
...pounds of potatoes, a loaf of whole wheat bread daily. Good meat for dogs can be had for 10¢ a pound. But dog acts often require many animals. Last fortnight Bill Blomberg, vaudeville performer, stationed his 32 unemployed Alaskan huskies with Roofer McHugh, fed them about 50 Ib. of meat three times a week. Elephants eat the most. They need at least a $2.50 bale of hay every day. Living in Roofer McHugh's stable last week were an unemployed boxing kangaroo, four elephants, five ponies, one mule, 33 dogs, three monkeys...