Word: massed
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
South Hanover, Mass...
...President Coolidge appointed William Fairfield Whiting, Holyoke, Mass., paper manufacturer, to succeed Herbert Clark Hoover as Secretary of Commerce (see THE CABINET...
Many and ingenious are the devices by which labor unions provide work for strikers, hoping to outwit, outlast the resistance of employers. In New Bedford, Mass., striking textile workers have turned fishermen (TIME, Aug. 13). In Milwaukee, Wis., last week, striking clothing workers turned industrialists...
When the officials of Newburyport, Mass., stopped a village roughneck named Andrew Joseph ("Bossy") Gillis from running a gasoline station in a restricted quarter of the town, he opened his mouth, campaigned for Mayor of Newburyport, got elected (TIME, Jan. 16). He "fired" the officials who had annoyed him and went ahead with his gasoline station. But neighbors pressed their suit and last week Mayor Gillis,was sentenced, by a county judge, to 330 days in jail and a fine of $1,140. "This man is an outlaw," said the judge, who some years ago had sentenced...
...last week were broadcasting pictures. Two were operating regularly, four irregularly. The last were testing out their frequencies. The stations: WGY, Schenectady, N. Y. (General Electric); KDKA, East Pittsburgh, Pa. (Westinghouse); WRNY, New York (Experimenter Publishing Co.); 3XK, Washington (Jenkins Laboratories); 2XAL, New York (Experimenter Publishing Co.) ; 1XAY, Lexington, Mass. (Donald R. Lafflin); 4XA, Memphis, Tenn. (Wrec., Inc.); 9XAA, Chicago (Chicago Federation of Labor...