Word: northeasters
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Senator Robinson might have saved his breath. In an election year the U. S. Senate would grant itself the benefit of any reasonable doubt. With Senators from the industrial Northeast voicing a footless "No," the farm bill was thumped through the Senate, 56-to-20, sent to the House...
Herald figures also showed that the South, leading the mortality rate for automobile deaths with 20 or more per 10,000 cars headed the vote for safety measures. In general the Northeast, last in fatalities, stood last in reform support...
Remaining three proposals in the poll, "governors," "severe penalties," and "special marking of cars" drew national favor of 68 per cent or higher, but were generally lower through the northeast...
...King and Queen motored 100 miles northeast of London to spend Christmas at Sandringham. His Majesty's health permitted him to shoot pheasants, attend church, ride his pony and be most gracious in replying to villagers' greetings. He overtaxed his strength inspecting his racing stables fortnight ago and a few days later caught the cold which this week, to the shock of the whole world, proved fatal. Knowing his constitution to have been weakened and his heart severely strained by his illness eight years ago, the King exerted himself before winter and its dangers should come...
...made in the U. S. and Canada last year. With a 1935 production of 750,000 units, the truck industry consists of some 50 companies, most of which are known only to the people who buy trucks. Many have a distinctly regional flavor. Brockway Motor is strong in the Northeast. Kleiber of San Francisco, Moreland of Burbank, Kenworth of Seattle, distribute on the Pacific Coast. Corbitt Co. is a North Carolina concern...