Word: order
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Your article referred to my highways passing through large cities in order to get votes. I am a good sport; I don't object to that reference at all-as I know an article must have a little spice in it-but the fact of the matter is, as you will see on page 4 of my Highway Bill attached, that it specifically states in my bill, "and shall not pass through any cities or towns unless there is no other place for the road...
...After a White House conference with Philatelist Franklin Roosevelt, Postmaster General Farley announced the first complete revision since 1923 in the regular series of U. S. postage stamps. The new series, not yet designed, will commemorate deceased U. S. Presidents in chronological order, starting with George Washington on 1? stamps...
Guilty? Judicial Field Marshal Vasily Ulrich, famed "Shooting Judge" of Moscow trials, appeared on the bench last week wearing for the first time the Order of Lenin, "Highest Soviet Decoration," which he received after the last trial. With a bored air he superintended the routine by which prisoner after prisoner, as his name is called, pops up from the prisoner's box, pleads guilty to his section of the indictment (which he has already signed before entering the courtroom), pops down...
Cuban police swept over the island last week with a blanket order to round up radicals, "detained" hundreds, for several days. With this as a prelude, Cuba's dominant army "strong man," squat, swarthy Colonel Fulgencio Batista held elections to fill 81 seats in the House, one in the Senate...
Last week the news broke on U. S. front pages that Mr. Hearst, now nearly 75 and busily engaged in putting his affairs in order, had decided to sell or otherwise dispose of at least two-thirds of all his art. Estimated value of the lot: $15,000,000. If Mr. Hearst succeeds in his disposals his estate will have to pay inheritance taxes on only $5,000,000 worth of art objects. Just when the auctioneer's hammer will begin to fall was not stated, because after three months of work Mr. Hearst's agent, Manhattan Dealer...