Word: proof
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Declared the cautious Kansas City Times: "Those favored by Morgan were placed under obligation to him. Some of them were in positions that made the acceptance of such obligation a matter of loose ethics, to say the least." Without effort the Hearst Press pointed to the Morgan list as proof of the existence of a SECRET SUPER GOVERNMENT. Baltimore Sun's Cartoonist Duffy drew a picture of a small Uncle Sam sitting on a giant Morgan's lap and captioned: "A Midget Gets a Thrill...
...paving failed to eliminate the bump. Drivers say the track is getting rougher. Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, oldtime race driver who manages the Speedway, says it is smoothing out from yearly traffic. The Automobile Club of Michigan last week called for a change: "Three deaths this year are ample proof. . . . These drivers were fully qualified. Their cars were checked as fit for the grind at high speed. . . . The races should be stopped or the track should be subjected to scientific engineering reconstruction...
...make a building termite-proof costs only $50 to $100 during construction, may run from $500 to $2,000 afterwards. Timbers should be treated with insecticide, a metal sheet or other barrier placed be tween ground and wood. This bars out insects in the ground, kills those already in the wood by keeping them away from ground moisture. Foundation timbers, basement walls and flooring should be kept dry. Hating light, termites build mud-covered runways up concrete foundation walls. Lately some builders, believing the insects will not cross them, have used glass bricks to top their walls...
...rummaged through pockets, purses and pigeon holes last week in search of receipts for all their retail purchases since April 1. The Illinois Supreme Court had declared the State's 3% sales tax unconstitutional and retailers were to refund to their customers nearly $5,000,000 on documentary proof of tax-paid purchases...
...been revered more by multitudes than Gandhi, none followed more than him, the irrelevant reply is made, that Gandhi is counter-revolutionary while Buddha a true revolutionary. The protest of a Labor Union against Gandhi's participation in the Round Table Conference at London is offered as a proof of Labor distrust in Gandhi. This completely ignores the fact that a number of other "bourgeoisie groups" in India were equally opposed to this move on the ground that it may be a subtle British maneuver to side-track the movement. The subsequent events have in a degree justified such apprehensions...