Word: rushing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...have rubles to burn, and for each burned ruble there will be that much deflation. But there was one flaw in the bright new plan last week. The Government, having switched from cards to stores, raised most prices 50%. This may or may not choke off the expected rush of buyers. If it seems to choke too hard, the State will prevent strangulation by lowering prices. German banks, who do a little bootleg business in rubles,* reported last year that they were getting batches of Soviet banknotes all bearing the same serial number. Naturally the holder of U. S. Treasury...
Meanwhile the divorce rush in the Washoe County Court slacked off after Judges Moran and Curler had dissolved 83 marriages the first day at the rate of one every five minutes (TIME, May 11, et ante). Three divorcees remarried within the hour, one of them taking the Reno lawyer who had just secured her decree...
...filing day Clerk Beemer of Washoe County opened his office at 6 a. m. for the rush. A representative from every one of Reno's 130 law firms jostled into line to file one or more petitions for clients seeking release from marital ties. Clang! went the cash register 30 times per hour as $20 was rung up for each petition. Clang! it went again as another $10 was deposited with the answer to each uncontested action. In the line of lawyers were the U. S. District Attorney. Nevada's Attorney General, the local District Attorney and the Mayor...
Second in importance only to its divorce rush is Reno's mayoral election this week. Seeking re-election on a liberal platform is Mayor Edward Ewing Roberts who advocates placing at each & every street corner a barrel of whiskey with a pull-in dipper chained to it to drive out bootleggers. Realtor Milburn Gregory seeks the office on a platform stressing Reno's "scenic and health attractions." Howard Doyle has the support of ministers and a conservative element opposed to legalized gambling and easy divorce...
...copies of the 332-page Red Book will be issued on May 27, the night before the Freshman Jubilee. Due to the rush of subscriptions, the Red Book board has decided to delay raising its cost from $5 to $6 until Sunday...