Word: rods
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...hours the President postponed his pilgrimage to Florida's fishing grounds; again for 24 hours; finally for 24 hours more. With pen instead of fishing rod in hand, he signed a proclamation urging citizens to contribute $3,000,000 for Red Cross flood relief. Around his desk assembled his Flood Emergency Committee: War Secretary Dern (rescues), Red Cross Admiral Gary T. Grayson (food, clothing, medicine), CCCommandant Fechner (rescues and patrol duty), WPAdministrator Hopkins (repair of dikes, sewers, water supplies), Treasury Secretary Morgenthau (finance). After three days Secretary Dern appeared with the announcement that the flood was receding. Next noon...
Brothers-in-Law. If treaty-breaking, Rhineland-remilitarizing Germany was to feel the punishing rod of that "collective security" to which every British statesman pays verbal tribute, the co-operation of His Majesty's Government with France was essential. Last week opened with Britain's Cabinet still split for & against Adolf Hitler (TIME, March...
...this Lord de Clifford, whose mother was a six-foot showgirl, came towering in -six feet five inches of gangling but impeccably groomed youth. Escorting him to the bar, where he fell on his knees upon a velvet cushion, the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod boomed, "Oyez, oyez. God save the King...
...woolsack was installed for Viscount Hailsham to sit upon in his capacity as Lord High Chancellor and a gilt chair from the King's robing room for use in his other capacity as Lord High Steward. For this occasion the House of Lords official known as Black Rod will carry not his usual black rod but a white rod, for the reason that after sentence is delivered the Lord High Steward must break Black Rod's white rod across his knee in token that the trial of a peer is over...
...race which gives the holder of the Cup the right to name the course, Driver Reis had the race run, she had a close call before she beat Delphine IV. Last month Driver Reis installed a new Miller motor. A few days before the race, a broken connecting rod turned this into a twisted pile of junk which could not be rebuilt in time for the start. Mr. Reis reinstalled his old motor, stopped tinkering and announced that his boat was ready to race, against Bill Horn's Delphine IV, with a new $7,000 supercharger and Victor Kliesrath...