Word: petitioners
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Last week General Douglas MacArthur suddenly discovered that the War of the Chrysanthemums still smoldered. To the Allied Commander from one Hiromichi Kumazawa, self-styled "Emperor" and 19th direct lineal descendant of Go-Daigo, came a petition requesting a full and impartial investigation of his claim to be Japan'...
The stockholders hoped that the Reed bill, introduced in Congress on Nov. 23, would add weight to their petition. Under its terms a bankrupt railroad whose average earnings for seven years have covered its fixed charges can be taken out of the courts, handed back to its stockholders. The Milwaukee...
The protest, issued on the strength of a petition signed by 120 men, paved the way for discussions by the committee with Westcott and Aldrich Durant, business manager of the University, on the questions of price of meals, quality of food purchased, and expertness of preparation.
Three years after Roy Hollis arrived in Rutledge, 1,500 citizens of the town and county, impressed by his industry and honesty, had signed a petition asking the state pardon board to lift his parole. Trapped by his neighbors' good will, the fugitive confessed. The petition was destroyed. In...
In the international football game be tween Pan American Airways' free com petition and Great Britain's controlled competition, Pan Am had made a brisk first down. It had cut its New York to London fares from $572 to $275. Then Britain had Pan Am penalized: its flights...