Word: motorize
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...will fall on out-of-state drivers who neglect to get their non-resident permits, according to a statement by Robert L. Devine, Supervising Inspector of Equipment of the Registry of Motor Vehicles...
...point of distant Washington. Said he: "This 'wolf scare' doesn't frighten me at all." But California property owners were now thoroughly alarmed. As capital continued to emigrate, bums, panhandlers, tramps and just plain jobless continued to immigrate across the State borders. All over the State Motor Vehicle Department clerks reported an influx of travelers with suitcases or blanket rolls who said they heard there was going to be "plenty of work in California" for unemployed. The State's gamblers had their money on Sinclair. "The gamblers know," observed the EPIC nominee...
...France's causes célebrès was passing his 75th birthday. For the running of the Langollen National Steeplechase on his Upperville, Va. estate, young Sportsman John Hay ("Jock") Whitney flew down from Manhattan in his new plane. Few feet above the landing field the motor stalled. The plane struck a ditch, nosed over, bumped owner and pilot into unconsciousness. With a black eye and six strips of plaster on his face, Sportsman Whitney went out next day to announce the races. In Washington Princess Julia Dent Grant Cantacuzene, granddaughter of President Ulysses Simpson Grant, regained...
...little girl who grew up to be Victoria, Queen of England, Empress of India, Defender of the Faith. Last week King George quickly let the new Duke of Kent understand that he must work for his title. Hardly had the great-great-grandson of the last Duke opened the motor show than it was announced that George of Kent and not Edward of Wales will represent the United Kingdom at the state funeral of murdered Alexander of Jugoslavia...
...minded may suspect an ulterior motive for this sudden increase in the blood transfusion. Retail trade and the consumer goods industry in general will respond favorably to this infusion. The obverse side of the picture is less heartening with an impending decline in oil prices, as well as restricted motor production until stock in the hands of the dealer has been moved. Commodity prices have been drifting lower for weeks, although there are indications that the decline has been checked and a reverse movement may be impending...