Word: mid-may
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...Last week another bonus march on Washington was threatened for mid-May. One Harold Foulkrod, agent for the "Bonus Expeditionary Force Rank & File," issued a call for 50,000 veterans. Foulkrod was repudiated by the leaders of last year's B. E. F. Last week he was ejected from the Senate gallery for applauding Indiana's Robinson...
During the month sugar soared and. with it, cocoa. Metals turned firmer and rubber sold at the best levels since mid-May. Cotton moved in a narrow range but last week there began to be talk of low plant resistance to weevils because of a lack of fertilizer. Cement prices were upped last week for the first time in three years...
...British censorship on news despatches out of India has been doubled in rigor since mid-May...
Life will go on; the longer Reading Period may even be a success. Only, perhaps, there will be heard on that opening night in mid-May one mighty tribute to the first hiatus in the old union on the stage of Harvard and Radcliffe; a single great welling sob, acknowledging the Harvard heaven houriless...
...Mid-May finds the Harvard Endowment Fund within hailing distance of the 80 percent of the desired amount, with every prospect that the fund will enter the final fifth before the first of June. The fund management is looking forward to a substantial increase with the return of graduates next month for commencement. The latest fund totals were: Boston, $4,720,677 New York, 4,105,322 Outside, 3,356,788 Total...