Word: repeals
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Today at 12 o'clock, a steam calliope will visit Harvard Square under the auspices of the Crusaders, a young men's national organization for the repeal of the eighteenth amendment and for the return to the states of their rights of self-government...
...opponent, Republican Senator Jesse Houghton Metcalf, raised the old issue that the Gerrys are not actual residents of Rhode Island but are anxious to use the State only as a springboard to get back to Washington. Last week Senator Metcalf startled his party leaders by declaring for Prohibition repeal in a belated effort to keep Nominee Gerry from getting all the Wet votes...
...famed gallop. He rode slowly, through a drizzling rain. Upon the old grey mare flapped a banner lettered: AROUSE CITIZENS! VOTE "NO" ON NOVEMBER 4! Instead of shouting "The British are coming!" this 1930 Paul Revere stopped in each town to hand out a few manifestoes arguing against repeal of the Massachusetts Prohibition Enforcement Act in next week's State referendum. It began: "Hear ye, all people...
Because of the Commission's secretiveness Washington quickly became choked with rumors and reports as to what its conclusions would be. Most Washington correspondents agreed that the Commission, though disappointed in Prohibition, would not favor repeal of the 18th Amendment but would possibly recommend to President Hoover some modification of the Volstead Act to legalize beer and wine...
...buyer will take this British Ford with a 24-h. p. engine, he can have the higher powered vehicle for £5 less. By such tempting bait Ford Motor Co., Ltd. hope to lure Britons into buying full-sized cars, paying the "excessive" yearly tax, agitating for its repeal...