Word: months
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...more work today." Although Mary Norton was equally elated she was nevertheless very much aware that her chef-d'oeuvre in Congress, the Wages-&-Hours Bill, was still far from enactment. Even if the House passes it, which it may well do this month, the Bill faces a battle in the Senate, hard sledding in conference and an-other vote in both Houses before it becomes...
Little Jack Barr, who scored a hole-in-one a month ago, is the most consistent shooter on the squad. In his three position, Barr seldom varies from a 74 to a 76. At four is another slightly erratic player in Bob Sides. The latter lost his matches to Brown and Dartmouth...
Deep Sea Explorer William Beebe returned to Manhattan last week from a six-month, 2,000-mile expedition, sponsored by the New York Zoological Society, off the west coast of Central America. Of the 20,000 specimens of marine life taken, prize catch was a 1½-inch sailfish, which Ichthyologist Beebe thought might be "the first example of a young sailfish ever captured...
...dealers which brought out the fact that certain features of the dealer business were interstate in character and therefore outside State regulation. Gardner Withrow's proposal was that the Federal Trade Commission investigate monopolistic features of the relations between automobile manufacturers and dealers. Congress passed the resolution last month and Franklin Roosevelt, always glad to investigate monopoly, quickly signed...
...March, latest month for which trade figures are available, U. S. merchandise exports exceeded imports by $102,306,000. In March 1937 the reverse was true to the extent of $59,909,000. Changes wrought by drought, war and depression showed most clearly in specific cases...