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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Came news last week that the Norwegian Storthing (Parliament) had changed the city's name to "Nidaros" (pronounced Nee-dar-oss)?effective Jan. 1, 1930. To many a Trondhjemmer's ear the sound of "Nidaros" is ugly, coarse, repugnant. Soon 25,000 irate citizens (nearly half Trondhjem's population...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORWAY: Beautiful Name | 9/2/1929 | See Source »

For the strikers one E. F. Foster presented a petition asking for the repeal of the taxicab ordinance. He said 50,000 names were signed to it.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LABOR: Blood in New Orleans | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

The sculptor's friends maintained he was sent to the asylum on a false and illegal petition of his brother, Walter Ludwig Dreyfuss, wax-paper manufacturer. The sculptor's friends asked for a jury trial saying: "His sanity can be established before any judge or tribunal." This was...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Dreyfuss Case | 8/26/1929 | See Source »

Wabash Plan. The opening of the present week saw another disturbance of the rail status quo, and again the movement was pro-Pennsylvania and anti-Baltimore & Ohio. The Wabash Railway proposed a plan which aimed at creating a 7,044-mile system with the 2,400-mile Wabash as a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Ford to Penn | 7/8/1929 | See Source »

3) Priests and lay members of the Church may petition to the government for amendment, repeal or passage of any law.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Again, Masses | 7/1/1929 | See Source »

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