Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...change in the financial administration, the news of the creation of the new office came as a surprise move on the part of the Corporation. When reached last night after the announcement of his appointment, Lowes refused to issue any statement. In the announcement no mention was made of the specific duties of the incumbent, but it was felt that the office will carry strong advisory powers...
...speak of your labor problems again, Cambridge; don't mention unemployment after the dismal swamps your ditch-ways have been this last week. The only men working appeared to be the step-fathers of local firemen, or past grand commanders of the Elks Lodge. If there were jobs for twenty, Cambridge found one--but he had to have a son-in-law in the county jail or the mayor's office...
Four months ago that would have been front page news. Last week readers had to hunt hard through the inside of their papers to find any mention of it. Whereas four months ago any speech by General Johnson, wherever delivered, made headlines throughout the U. S., today his words hardly make local headlines. Blue Eagles, posted up so proudly in shop windows last summer, are now faded and half-forgotten. Because "everybody" is supposed to be under a code, retail consumers no longer consciously pick and choose their stores...
...points out quite clearly that our alarmists over increasing crime rates must look not to murders, manslaughters, assaults, larcenies, burglaries, etc., or what is commonly thought of as the bulk of serious crimes, but rather to the "regulatory offences," to gambling, family cases, and sex, not to mention the automobile, for what little corroboration they may find...
...pillow, be guided by the onion that sprouts first. For a lovecharm he prescribes a drop of blood in a glass of water. To keep witches out of a churn he recommends a hot flatiron. Benign, fond of his family, Father Hofnagel spits with loathing at the mere mention of regular doctors...