Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Referring to TIME, April 5, p. 11, under "The Presidency"-col, 1-you mention Mr. Roosevelt's waving good-bye to his two mules-"Tug" and "Hop." Is it pertinent to inquire if these two mules might be named for Messrs. Tugwett and Hopkins...
...reading an account, of the Municipal University of Louisville's centennial celebration [TIME, April 5], I note with disappointment that you fail to mention the Municipal University of Wichita, Kansas, as one of the nine municipally owned universities in the U. S., although the other eight are named...
Next day U. S. Minister Bert Fish, one of northeastern Florida's wealthiest men, handsomely backed the Egyptians with many a mention of President Roosevelt's "good-neighbor policy." Declared Minister Fish: "The U. S. will pursue no exclusively national interest. . . . We warmly compliment Egypt on beginning her international career by choosing the way of friendly negotiation...
...gist of both readings is that any scholarship man who violates the ruling will be deprived of his honor or stipend, as the case may be. The important changes are these: the peddling of notes has been prohibited for the whole year round, instead of just before examinations; direct mention has been made of the tutoring schools, to make it clear just what sort of traffic is aimed...
...followers had any real enthusiasm for the Supreme Court proposal which he had tossed to them to carry out. On that issue a whole division of Democratic Senators were kicking in the traces: Connally of Texas, Clark of Missouri, Bailey of North Carolina, Van Nuys of Indiana, not to mention old revolters such as Glass. Burke and Wheeler. And finally, on the other great issue of the day, the Sit-Down, they were irritated by his bland refusal to take any stand whatever. The President's great & good friend James F. Byrnes of South Carolina was responsible...