Word: prohibition
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week New York's Governor Herbert H. Lehman signed a bill which made his State the first to prohibit the "nicking" of horses' tails. Few laymen knew what the expression meant. Even amateur horsemen sometimes think the show horse's smartly arched tail is a result of breeding or training...
...Totally to prohibit chemical, bacterial and incendiary warfare. Moreover, "bombing from the air would be completely prohibited, except for police purposes in certain outlying regions...
When the Repeal resolution came from the committee it contained two provisions objectionable to most Wets: 1) ratification of the amendment by State Legislatures; 2) authority for Congress to "regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the premises where sold." It was Senator Robinson who offered amendments to bring the resolution back into line with the Democratic platform which promised ratification by majority vote of State conventions in 36 States, and complete withdrawal of Federal control of liquor within the States...
...Received from the Judiciary Committee a Repeal resolution wherein Congress retained power to "regulate or prohibit the sale of intoxicating liquors to be drunk on the premises where sold." ¶Adjourned for the Coolidge funeral...
...City Hall to talk over the traffic conditions in Harvard Square and around the Yard. Officials present at that meeting divided on the method of bettering the dangerous conditions. They sided with the University's suggestion to remove the subway rotunda from the center of the Square and to prohibit the loading and unloading of buses at that point. Another group supported the Boston Elevated Company in its desire to remove the taxi stands from the space around the rotunda platform so that the company's buses could stop at the platform...