Word: prohibitions
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Passed a bill to amend the Pure Food and Drug Act by requiring canned foods below a certain grade to be distinctively labeled, again rejecting theTydings amendment to prohibit insertion of deadly poi- sons in industrial alcohol. ¶ Passed a bill to establish a division of (criminal) identification & information in the Department of Justice. ¶ Passed a bill to create a Bureau of Narcotics in the Treasury Department. ¶ Adopted a joint resolution making July 5 (Saturday) a legal bank holiday in the District of Columbia for this year only. ¶ Passed a bill amending the Federal Farm Loan...
...that workmen are more efficient under the Volstead Act is to pay a compliment to the virtues of home brew and dago red. . . . Prohibition has failed to prohibit...
...perhaps only possible in the completeness of its emphasis upon this aspect in the field of Literature. The general principles involved, however, can well be applied in varying degrees in other fields. In the case of history, for example, while at present no effort is made to prohibit originality on the part of the student, the emphasis is too often placed upon the rehashing possibilities of thesis writing. If on the other hand, the emphasis were placed more heavily upon the student's individual interpretation of history the practical value of the theses would be greatly augmented...
...House of Commons last week, a bill was introduced to prohibit stag hunting in England. John Alexander Lovat-Fraser, 62-year-old Laborite, representing the Lichfield Division of Staffordshire, a member of the National Council of Maternity and Child Welfare, contended that his bill would end "a practice that subjects the stag to the grossest and most terrible cruelty. . . ." His bill was backed by the Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. A Conservative M.P. objected to the Lovat-Fraser Bill on the ground that if passed it would set a precedent for bills prohibiting all kinds of hunting...
...adds further that the opinion that these exercises prohibit Freshmen to take part in other forms of athletics is unfounded. Men who are able to compete in other sports and fulfill their requirements in the Special Exercises are priviliged...