Word: recession
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...There will be a short recess," boomed President Bouisson. "Immediately thereafter the Chamber will be addressed by the President of the Council...
...noon recess bell rang through the halls of Tacoma's Lowell School one day last week, books slapped shut, doors banged open and the boys tramped out toward home and lunch. A slim nine-year-old named George Weyerhaeuser loafed along in a sweatshirt and tennis shoes discussing with a friend the form and technique of competitive jumping. The friends parted and George proceeded to nearby Annie Wright Seminary, there to wait for his 13-year-old Sister Anne to come out and be driven home by the Weyerhaeuser chauffeur. A mother of one of the Wright girls spoke...
Reported the New York Times: "During a recess of the Mellon case being heard before the Board of Tax Appeals, John V. W. Reynders of New York, one of Mr. Mellon's chief advisers, overtook Andrew W. Mellon in a corridor outside the courtroom and was heard to whisper what sounded like, 'Lend me a nickel, Andy.' Anyway he got the nickel and disappeared into a telephone booth...
That afternoon in Washington, Senators wept openly and a Congressional recess was declared. Same day Manhattan newspapers carried display advertising of a "new, faster Sky Chief," pictures of another TWAirliner which last week flew from Los Angeles to New York non-stop in 11 hr. 5 min., broke the transcontinental transport record by half an hour. First Douglas to crack up in the U. S., Sky Chief's misfortune seemed clearly due to weather, not construction...
...legislative pace-and somehow he was being held responsible (TIME, April 22). He realized that a crisis was at hand, for two spiced goblets threatened his legislative program: 1) the baseball season was scheduled to open that afternoon in Washington, and 2) members were agitating for a three-day recess over Good Friday...