Word: list
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Major John Waller Hills, 71, famed British economist, was slated for a baronetcy on King George's New Year's Honors List, but died a few days before it could be conferred. After a tactful interval, the King gave the title to Major Hills's five-year-old son. When his mother told him of his new rank, Sir Andrew Ashton Waller Hills asked: "Is it something nice...
...reassuring and sometimes lyric New Yorkese is usually that of ruddy, greying Captain John George Stein, head of the bureau, 36 years a policeman and the No. 1 expert in his field. One day last week expert Captain Stein took a few minutes extra over WNYC to list his findings on why girls leave home...
...Released the third of a series of 25 reports called the "census of American Listed Corporations." Prepared by WPA workers under SEC sponsorship, the reports are intended to bridge the gap between the tremendous volume of data in SEC's files and the potential users to whom it is now relatively inaccessible. The completed reports are sent to a selected list of 1,000 big brokers, bankers, statisticians, anyone else who writes in. First two were on meat packers and steel. Last week's dealt with chain variety stores. Sample fact: F. W. Woolworth...
...final list of the nominees for the first election of senior class officers was completed last night with the addition of the names submitted. Four more men were put up for election for Class Marshal, one for treasurer, two for Class Poet, and one each for Odist and Chorister...
...team Major Sargent has selected to face the Yale malletmen is composed of: Bennett Forbes at number one, Ben Dillingham at number two, and Warwick Stabler or Cain Burrage at defense. This lineup is not the strongest stringers, Gay Dillingham and Pate Rumsey, are on the sick list. Major Sargent explained the seriousness of the loss when he said that the absence of one man on a three-man polo outfit is like the loss of four men to a football team...