Word: legalize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...know," he cried, "that the gold dollar, by an utterly invalid and illegal process, for which no human being can find a rational excuse or legal justification, has been devalued abroad, and I know perfectly well that it is going to be devalued at home, and I am not going to waste my time and strength in protesting against...
...work over the winter, had complaints from every State in the union except Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. Admitting that he was "tremendously disconcerted" by the charges of graft against his organization, Mr. Hopkins declared: "We'll do our own housecleaning. Our legal department tells me all this is nothing more than was bound to happen. But I never anticipated anything of the kind. I suppose I'm naïve and unsophisticated but that's the truth and I feel very badly about it. . . . The thing gets too big for you to keep in touch with...
...There is only one law in the Heimwehr. I command and you obey. . . . Every leader down to the last man must henceforth avenge every Nazi attack. If legal authorities fail to mete out justice, take the law into your own hands...
Pennsylvania, which started a legal battle with its distillers by clapping a $2 per gallon floor tax on spirits, last week effected a compromise. The State bought for sale in its liquor stores 6,500,000 of the 7,000,000 gallons in warehouses within its borders, paying the normal price, plus tax. The distillers in turn agreed not to ask for refunds if the tax was declared illegal. As a step to curb bootlegging the State Control Board also bought from Continental Distilling Co. 24 carloads of Sweepstake whiskey to retail at $1 a fifth, of Cavalier...
...Warsaw confiscated 1,000 suspicious-looking divorce petitions in the Orthodox consistory house, obtained indictments not only against five Orthodox bishops but also against the highest prelate in the church, heavy-bearded Archbishop Djonizy (Dionitius) Waledynski. "Your Grace," cried the District Attorney, "I accuse you of abusing your legal powers!" For such abuse the Archbishop faced a possible sentence of five years in prison...