Word: reliefs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Frail old Warren Hatcher heaved a sigh of relief one evening last week, put away a heavy bundle of 13 black rods surmounted by a silver eagle, and went home to dinner. And the sigh heaved by quiet Mr. Hatcher, Deputy Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives in charge of the Mace,* echoed the sentiments of many a U. S. citizen...
...Cats," said Driver Nathaniel Alexander. "I sell them to Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. Ordinary cats are 35?, fat cats 50?. It's better than home relief...
Like the other eight New Jersey roads, however, Jersey Central has failed each time it went to court for relief from the State taxes. Altogether the nine railroads owe New Jersey approximately $50,000,000 in back taxes and penalties. Several months ago the State Senate passed a bill compromising that sum for $14,250,000. It never got through the Assembly. Last week the reason was known: like C. I. O., the railroads were the victims of the despot of Jersey City...
...baking companies whose profits were down 2.8%; seven beverage makers down 4.3%; six miscellaneous mining and quarrying companies are down 10%; 13 oil companies down 30.8%, reflecting August's overproduction crisis, the most serious in U. S. oil history and the failure of War II to provide export relief for continued inventory trouble...
...first time, Chicago will see sculpture of Michelangelo in the original (a bas-relief Madonna and Child), Botticelli's The Birth of Venus, Mantegna's St. George, Raphael's Madonna and the Chair. Despite official denials, it is fairly obvious that Italy's masterpieces will tour the U. S. until World War II blows over. In explaining why the show was given to Chicago rather than New York City, suave Prince Colonna observed that the latter was "too near...