Word: keys
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Cuba. Here Secretary Hull did not stop, but when the ship to which he had transferred, the U. S. cruiser Richmond, reached Key West, he had a long two-hour conference with Acting Ambassador Caffery on Cuban affairs. Speeding to Washington, Mr. Hull gave correspondents to understand that the new Cuban regime would soon be recognized...
National Significance. Had no compromise been reached on the economy bill, the political repercussions might have cost the Governor his reelection. A Democratic defeat in the nation's key-State next November might change the political complexion of all national Democracy, especially since that State is the President's own and its Governor his good friend. To prevent such a catastrophe, State Chair man James Farley let it be known last week that he was building a new Democratic organization in New York City...
Transcribed by Francis Scott Key from notes on the back of an envelope immediately after the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore harbor, on the night of Sept. 13-14, 1814, it was given by the author to his brother-in-law, Judge Joseph Hopper Nicholson, who had a number of broadside copies printed at his own expense. The manuscript remained in the Nicholson family until the Judge's granddaughter Rebecca Post Shippen sold it in 1927 to Henry Walters, Baltimore railroad tycoon (Atlantic Coast Line, Louisville & Nashville). The price was said to be around...
...automobiles the prima donna of U. S. industries had ever turned out. To help the crowd make up their minds, excited demonstrators, attendants, executives, engineers and mannikins swarmed over & under, in & out of each & every exhibit. Studebaker had golden girls and a golden queen who chanted: "Take a magic key and win a Studebaker-given away every day." On the first day the Studebaker queen was panic-stricken when her royal robes became unhooked in the back. De Soto put on a marionet shew, depicting the history of transportation since the birth of Hernando De Soto, Spanish explorer. Hudson...
...Appropriation (spending) Committees are headed by Virginia's little old Senator Glass (see p. 14) and Representative Buchanan of Texas. The Banking & Currency (defining) Committees are under Florida's Fletcher and Alabama's Steagall. Thus has the Solid South been rewarded with all the key money posts in Congress...