Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...once in 1,400 well-chosen words, addressed to the Mexican Ambassador, Dr. Don Francisco Castillo Nájera, did Secretary Hull so much as mention oil wells, gold mines or vast ranches. Experts of the State Department had supplied figures on Mexican expropriations of small farm holdings as far back as 1915. But before he mentioned even these, Secretary Hull went into a juicy preamble about the sympathy of aims existing between President Cárdenas' new deal for Mexico and President Roosevelt's New Deal for the U. S.: "The issue is not whether Mexico should...
...paid speaker for the Anti-Saloon League, but in 1928, when drink returned to popularity, he stumped for Al Smith, later helped write the 21st (Repeal) Amendment. Now he even takes a toddy himself. Labor knows him as one of its early champions, but he voted for coal and oil tariffs before the New Deal made Business unfashionable...
This week the proofs of a volume* of Hawthorne aphorisms, exhortations and technical advice, assembled from notes taken by his students, appeared with a warm introduction by venerable Critic Royal Cortissoz. Made up of brief, pungent essays on water color and oil painting, followed by paragraphs devoted to Hawthorne comments on specific work by his students, Hawthorne an Painting proved an excellent introduction for laymen and students alike...
Some genealogists claim that Rochefeuille or Rocquefeuille was the original name of the oil clan Rockefeller. Last week, a Dr. Yoss, archivist from the Rhineland, announced from Berlin that the Rockefeller ancestors were originally called Rockenfeller. Commented John D.'s 26-year-old grandson Winthrop: "interesting...
...Redwood City, Calif., Frederick S. Moody Jr. applied for a license to wed Florence Gayle, 18-year-old San Francisco nightclub entertainer. This Mr. Moody gave San Francisco's Olympic Club as his residence, oil broker as his occupation, divorced as his marital status. Queried by reporters same day, Frederick S. Moody Jr., Olympic Club member, oil broker, divorced husband of Tennist Helen Wills Moody, denied filing the application, denied knowing Miss Gayle. Snapped he: "I was in San Francisco...