Word: june
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...encouraging for the families of the colonists was the news printed last week by Armed Forces (Benito Mussolini's official military paper). It gave an account, presumably not exaggerated, of the difficulties of pacifying Ethiopia. During the rainy season (mid-June to mid-September) 113 Italian bombing planes were kept busy supplying isolated Italian outposts. Armed Forces described as "characteristic" the "episodes" of Lalibela, Bilbala Gorgis, Debra Brehan and Debra Sina...
...constantly changing nomenclature of courses in the various departments has led to mild confusion in the use of the examinations that have been placed on reserve. If some young librarian were to closet himself in the bowels of Widener with an armful of catalogues and emerge sometime before June with an accurate list of what courses used to be and are now, a whole generation of Harvard men would rise up and call him blessed...
...royal couple will arrive in the United States on June 27, according to the report. If the consular officials expect him to get his degree at Commencement, they will be surprised, more than somewhat, since Commencement is on June...
...Braddock did nothing to belie the betting public's estimation of him. Then suddenly, in the ninth round, the 32-year-old "Cinderella Man," who came off Relief three years ago to win the world championship from Max Baer and then lost it to Joe Louis last June, pranced out of his corner, began slugging rights & lefts at his opponent. Before Welshman Farr knew what it was all about, the tenth round was over and Jim Braddock was the winner...
...price. The July slaughter was 25% over the previous year and many a rancher faced ruin. But the chains, with the aid of numerous packers, put on sales pressure. Chain-store beef sales jumped 34% in August over August 1935; the price of choice steers rose from $8.58 in June to $10 in September; cattlemen received more August income than the previous five-year average; the Government had to buy only 5,000 head to hold up the market instead of the 2,500,000 it bought...