Word: non
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Angeles is a non-military airship, received by the U. S. from Germany under an Allied agreement specifying that it be used only for training and experimental purposes, never for war. But the plane-hooking experiment furnished knowledge of speeds, stresses, handling, valuable in the fabrication of the Navy's two huge dirigibles, twice the size of the Los Angeles, by the Goodyear-Zeppelin Co. at Akron, Ohio. The new ships will have built-in hangars in which to store and carry planes...
...paper money has been issued in eight different sizes. Before the Civil War these issues were only temporary, to bridge the Government over an emergency. The first non-interest-bearing notes for popular circulation came in 1861. Special issues occurred during the Civil War and in 1879 when specie payments were resumed. The sizes...
...York City. In protest against "sweat shops" and outside non-union contract work, 25,000 women's garment makers quit work, picketed peacefully. Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt called both sides to Albany for personal conferences...
...rested awhile and returned to Roosevelt Field in the fastest transcontinental time?17 hrs.. 38 min., 16 sec. Total flying time for the round trip: 36 hrs., 48 min., 48 sec. Said he: "I do not think a transcontinental flight need be a non-stop affair. This, too, is still impractical and must be classed as a stunt. . . . Frankly, the only reason I made non-stop flights was to draw closer attention to the feasibility of flying across the continent, with stops or without...
Hollywood Equity members complain that they were not consulted. In less than one month, 160 of them have signed non-Equity contracts...