Word: indianas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hour was noon, the day July 4. In the Senate gallery sat about 200 tourists and one Senator, Indiana's Minton. Whether or not the tourists knew it, Senator Minton was able to point out to his friends that they were privileged to witness an unusual spectacle. In the chamber below Majority Leader Joseph Taylor Robinson, sitting on the floor, and Vice President Jack Garner occupying the chair, were placidly puffing cigars in defiance of all Senate rules...
Early last week Works Progress Administrator Harry Hopkins was allotted $142,245,875 to hire 169,000 relief workers in New York City, Georgia, Alabama, Indiana and the District of Columbia. Same day, the House clipped President Roosevelt's so-called "death sentence" out of the Utilities Bill...
...cultivated voice. It carried a New England twang. Senator Sherman Minton of Indiana, lolling in the presiding officer's chair, peered toward the rear of the Chamber. A stocky man with a large flat face and slightly twisted nose was standing at a desk. Mr. Minton, who went to the Senate only last January, had never seen the gentleman open his mouth before except 1) to take a chew of Five Brothers* and squirt tobacco juice at the spittoon beside his chair; 2) to pass the time of day with one of his strolling colleagues; 3) to vote...
Three students have been awarded shares in the Billings Prize of $150 offered each year by the Divinity School for improvement in pulpit delivery. They are Frederick W. Vaill 2Dv. of Waterbury, Connecticut, Charles Geiger 3Dv., of Hartford City, Indiana, and Curtis T. Spence grDr., of Norfolk, Virginia...
...that people realize that something will have to be done, but people don't yet realize what the Supreme Court decision means in plain language. (The President began to read excerpts from the stack of messages in his hand.) Here's a telegram from the druggists of Indiana: "Save us small business men from the ruthless destruction caused by the killing of NRA. . . ." Here's another from New York: "Issue a proclamation calling for observance of NRA and hold a plebiscite on continuing it. . . ." Here's one from Hastings, Neb.: "Issue buttons so that everyone...