Word: mi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Cedars of Lebanon in 1930, the American Philatelic Society and the Academic Diplomatique Internationale in 1931, etc. etc., the Maccabees last week. ¶ How, after winning the nomination last July on the fourth ballot, he dramatically flew to Chicago to address the convention. ¶ How he campaigned 12,000 mi. during September and October. ¶ How he was elected Nov. 8 by 22,813,786 votes to Hoover...
...midwives were then available; the first Frontier Nurses were all British. There are now 30, half British, the rest U. S.-born, Britishrtrained. All must be good horsewomen, registered nurses, experienced in public health work. Living in nine nursing districts, they cover 700 sq. mi. of mountain land, galloping about in trim riding habits and overseas caps, fording such streams as Greasy Fork, Hell-for-Certain and Big Bullskin Creeks, spurring ahead when they hear from a cabin window the hoarse shout: ''Come on, ma'am! My woman's mighty bad." At first the mountain people...
...Philadelphia, with Wanamaker department stores as terminals. Since then he has bought up some 40 lines radiating throughout the East and South, has abandoned real estate for good. And last week Nevin Bus Line acquired Crandic Stages Inc. (subsidiary of Iowa Electric Light & Power Co.), operating 1,400 mi. of line between Chicago and Denver. This route will be pushed through to the coast. Though no figures were released, it was stated that the deal involved more than $1,000,000. Harris Nevin no longer had 500 houses last week but he did have 500 buses...
...volition last week Central of Georgia Railway went into receivership. It operates 1,900 mi. of track and a steamship service between Savannah, Boston and Manhattan. The first section of the road was finished in 1833. It ran between Savannah and Macon (191 mi.) and was the longest railway in the U. S. Outstanding against it are $58,000,000 worth of bonds. At Birmingham its lines connect with those of Illinois Central which owns all of its common stock. These holdings have been pledged with the R. F. C. as collateral on a loan to Illinois Central. President Lawrence...
Scene is laid in Revolutionary France. Situation: a valet temporarily changes places with his aristocratic master for whom a large part of the populace seems to be gunning. There is no campus joshing, no topical humor takes place in the inquisition scene (with scandalous New York only 50 mi. away) ; even the old trick of stealing jokes from the Tiger at the last minute has not been resorted to. On the credit side of the ledger, sure to please not only cousins, sisters and aunts but impartial spectators as well, is the performance of the valet. Jose V. Ferrer, Class...