Word: risen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...action to force a license for "Mr. K." from Mayor LaGuardia, the only result was that the Mayor said he "would abide by the State Department's decision" if it should rule on "Mr. K." To Germans it was occult that New York Representative Samuel Dickstein should have risen in Congress latt week to call Realmleader Hitler a madman, a mur derer and the protagonist of an insane theory of government. They saw the in visible hand of Jewry in a proposal by a New York City alderman to forbid public showing of the swastika. To Germans, however...
...Court," continued M. Boverat, "that public morality and the birthrate are intimately interrelated. Our researches incontrovertibly substantiate this fact. French Canada, a country with the highest morals, has the highest birth rate. In Germany, too, the statistics are pertinent. Since Adolf Hitler suppressed nude dancing the Nazi birthrate has risen 35,000 a year. Finally, I submit that this is not Chicago. This is Paris! How are people to know that she is an American and not a Frenchwomen? We have the good name of Paris and of France to think of! I demand that she be punished on principle...
...newspaper news. Here & there Editor Draper whipped up leads to sound like breathless Floyd Gibbons: "This is Chapter 1-in epitome -of the Roosevelt regime. And what a chapter! What a regime!" Beyond these mutations, however, Traditionalist Draper bogged down in Tradition for fair. Circulation, which once had risen close to 1,500,000, dwindled steadily,* to the great dismay of Publisher Robert Joseph Cuddihy, 72, who had been with the Digest all his life. Last week Editor Draper announced his resignation. Cause: "Differences of opinion on matters of policy." He took pride in having "made it a paper...
...Chancellor said that he has given not "risky relief" but "stimulating relief" to Britain. "Railway traffic, bank clearings and retail trade all show a steady rise," continued Mr. Chamberlain. "The index of production in the building industry?a good barometer?has risen to the record figure of 181, taking 1930 as 100. Imports of raw materials have increased. These are all hopeful pointers." By implication Chancellor Chamberlain attributed them to his Treasury policies which he aptly summed up as "always keeping in the forefront the necessity of maintaining confidence...
During the build-up for last week's opening, Technicolor stock had risen from the year's low of $11.63 in January to a high of $27. Last week Technicolor started strong, then fell off on profit-taking to $25. Wall Street brokers were in the crowd at the morning opening. That day Technicolor bounded up nearly a point. Said the Wall Street Journal: "Reaction to the color film appeared highly favorable." The catch was, however, what would the professional critics say? Excerpts from their opinions...