Word: patches
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...every conscientious objector to the AAA program and to its un-American and apparently unconstitutional measures, plant a potato patch," exhorted Clubwoman Newkirk. "Let every such potato patch bear a sign in large letters to proclaim the protest far & wide...
...Production Staff for the play is as follows: Production Manager, Whitney M. Cook '36, president of the Club: Assistant Production Manager, Harry B. R. Patch, Jr. '38; House Manager, Howard R. Patch, JR. '38; Patronesses, Charles O. Richardson '37, and John H. Benton '37; Programs, Edward H. Turner '36, set designs, Edward Sandoz '39 and Murray S. Harris '36; and Photographic Chairman, Frederic M. Miller...
...free." Thereupon Columnist Westbrook Pegler mused: "This undoubtedly is true on the basis of his tax returns, but there is no denying that such slavery has its little compensations. Mr. Hutton's slave quarters in Palm Beach might be called a model cabin. His 16,000-acre patch in South Carolina is sufficient to supply potatoes and greens for a slave family of normal appetite, besides an occasional 'possum, and the Hutton slave ship, the Hussar, the largest sailing yacht in the world, offers a pleasant escape from the driving lash of his masters, who pay no taxes...
...remaining RFC debt of $11,900,000 was extended to 1941. RFC will receive the same interest as the banks (currently 4%), and while the bank loans are still on a demand basis, the RFC loans become payable if New York Central ever defaults. Furthermore, Mr. Vanderbilt tried to patch up his spat with the RFChairman by writing: "Please accept our sincere thanks for the co-operative spirit which you have evinced in reaching a final and permanent settlement...
...understand what I was after, but they treated me all right. I didn't have to do a lick of work [Accepting a cigaret] I must have even backslid a little. . . . I'm so happy about going home that I feel like a coon in a watermelon patch...