Word: matters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tourist public by the district constables have produced just and severe criticism of the State of Mississippi. We are not protesting the publication of 'these letters. They have served the very good purpose of awakening the public officials to the necessity of stamping out this practice. The matter will unquestionably be given the attention of our Legislature in 1938. Aroused public sentiment has already put a stop to the practice. It is unfortunate that the action of a score or less of selfish individuals should bring general condemnation of an entire State...
...Governor John H, Trumbull and the Senate Finance Committee chairman agreed that Connecticut must have a bond issue, announced it. An angry telegram from Roraback summoned them to a meeting at a Hartford hotel. Storming directly from the railroad station, Roraback demanded, -'What the hell's the matter with you fellows? Can't I leave the State five minutes without you plunging us into debt?" That was the end of that bond issue...
...features are supplied by the National Catholic Welfare Conference News Service, whose headquarters is Washington, D. C. For young folk Susan Russell writes "Pen Pals-Intimate Chats with the Catholic Girl." President Fitzpatrick, once a Baltimore Sun sports editor, syndicates his baseball articles under the title "Heads Up!" No matter how it starts, "Heads Up!" always produces a moral homily...
...York to Paris and on into history. To publicize the Paris International Exposition this summer, French Air Minister Pierre Cot last year announced an air race for 3,000,000 francs ($135,000) from New York to Paris on the tenth anniversary of Lindbergh's flight no matter what the weather (TIME, Sept...
...wore black bonnets, plain dresses, the men long beards and soup-bowl haircuts. Unabashedly, men obeyed St. Paul's admonition to "greet one another with a holy kiss." Only problem of import before the Dunkards last week was whether or not to allow radios in their homes, a matter which has come up every year since 1925. Though liberal Dunkards have succeeded in lifting restrictions against such "vanities" as automobiles, telephones and lace curtains, church members who keep musical instruments (e.g. radios) are denied the Dunkard communion table. The radio prohibition was once more promptly and noisily upheld...