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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...power, he turned to developing Maine's industries to boost consumption. Last year a subsidiary, New England Industries, Inc., reported that its invest ments in Maine's textile industry were $11,844,000, in Maine newsprint $13,848,000, in other New England industries about $3,000,000. To repeal Maine's laws against export of power Mr. Insull played a hard but losing game of politics, was faced in 1929 by the slogan: "Save Maine from Insullization" (TIME, Sept...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Shaken Empire | 4/18/1932 | See Source »

...clearly. Confusion resulting from chronic Democratic disease, is liable to be their worry again in 1932. The pluralities of Roosevelt and Baker over other Democratic candidates point to these two as the most probable contestants for the party leadership. But local enthusiasm for the League of Nations and Prohibition repeal have in all probability given the former Secretary of War more votes than he will attract in the nation as a whole. It is probable, too, that Harvard students are less susceptible to the sensational appeals of Murray and Seabury than the mass of voters will be. Smith's third...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: RESULTS OF THE STRAW VOTE | 3/31/1932 | See Source »

Asks Prohibition Repeal...

Author: By Instructor IN Government. and W. P. Maddox, S | Title: Presidential Possibilities | 3/26/1932 | See Source »

...Senators Barbour and Kean of New Jersey informed President Hoover that their State's G. O. P. endorsed his renomination but demanded a Prohibition repeal plank in the national platform. President Hoover was silent. Washington is now completely satisfied that he will run again this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: The Hoover Week: Mar. 21, 1932 | 3/21/1932 | See Source »

...that baloting of yesteryear which the CRIMSON conducted on Prohibition, it might well be asserted by one of your editors that "Those who drink are not supposed as being capable of deciding about repeal or modification." If that were the case, your little poll (with all unqualified votes subtracted) would have brought in lily-white results...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sauce to the Commander | 3/12/1932 | See Source »

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