Word: signed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...died a year ago. With it, she inherited the thankless chore of trying to push a stiff Wages-&-Hours Bill past an unsympathetic Rules Committee and then through a recalcitrant House. Mary Norton did the best she could. This was to get a majority (218) of House members to sign a petition discharging the committee and bringing the bill to the floor last December, where Aunt Mary's colleagues upset the applecart by voting it down...
...Norton 17 days. Record for similar petitions was 100 names in a day. Last week, Mrs. Norton was so conscious of the difficulty of her task that she sent a wire to Indiana's Congresswoman Virginia E. Jenckes, asking her to make a special trip from home to sign her name. Mrs. Jenckes flew East but she arrived at the Capitol in time only to witness the celebration of an astounding victory...
Majority Leader Sam Rayburn of Texas had vowed he would not sign the petition. His was the 203rd name on the list. Cried Mrs. Norton: "It's all over now!" Eight Louisiana Democrats followed Mr. Rayburn. Oregon's Nan Honeyman was the 217th, leaving the honor of completing the list to Louisiana's Robert Mouton. Then Mr. Mouton stepped over to Mrs. Norton, gallantly kissed her hand...
...five out of six "standard" astrology books that Dr. Farnsworth examined, it appeared that a person born under Libra ("The Scales"), seventh of the zodiac's twelve signs, should have musical ability. Libra's children are those born from September 24 to October 23. Looking up the birth dates of 1,498 musicians, Dr. Farnsworth found that fewer were born under this sign than under any other except Scorpio. Libra and Scorpio were in fact tied for last place as musician-makers. Thus in picking a musical sign the astrologists could have made ten better choices than Libra...
This school of thought is much in the minority, and the general feeling is that the sign is a gesture of protest against the cruel abolishment of the rabbits...