Word: mid-march
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...Declined to authorize entrance of a third-term slate of delegates in the Ohio primary next May 14. (Candidates ordinarily file by Feb. 1, may wait till mid-March.) To some, this indicated he will not declare his intentions until convention time...
...launched as a big-time winter sport. Patterned after major-league baseball's setup, the National Professional Indoor Baseball League sold franchises to New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis. Each club, locally financed, is to play a 102-game schedule from mid-November to mid-March, with a World Series at season's end between Eastern and Western champions...
...first time since mid-March The Annalist index of wholesale commodity prices moved upward. High-grade bonds continued a steady improvement begun six weeks ago. The stock market after a 1½ month long irregular rise notable even in the depressed railroad and public utilities, stood still-but odd-lot traders, who have been buying against the trend, suddenly switched to selling...
...mid-March day last week's concert was first announced, every seat in Carnegie Hall was sold at topnotch prices within a few hours. Subsequent demands fairly exhausted the patience of the box-office staff. One person would argue that he had never heard a Toscanini performance, that this was therefore his last chance. The next in line would claim that he had attended all the Maestro's concerts, that he could not miss the last. Speculators were offered $100 and more for a ticket. In Portland, Ore. a music-lover was ready to charter a plane...
...Foreign Secretary Eden to state his case. The use of poison gas against the Ethiopians was the point at issue, and he had eight specific instances of it between Dec. 30, and mid-March. The Suez Canal Co. reported that over 250 tons of Italian poison gas had passed the canal in the last four months. Italy must either agree to an immediate armistice or face an oil embargo, was the Eden ultimatum...