Word: silver
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Money Bills. Extension beyond June 30 of the Treasury's $2,000,000,000 exchange stabilization fund, of its silver purchasing power, and of the President's power to devalue the dollar further, were all voted two months ago by the House. Old Senator Glass kept the bill deadlocked in his Banking and Currency subcommittee until the White House induced Senator Miller of Arkansas to change his vote. The bill then got out to the Senate floor, with Senator Glass swearing from his sickbed that he would fight to the end against monkeying with the currency...
...never known for sure where the Khan's bones rest. One story is that he was buried under a great tree and that picked warriors stood guard until a forest grew to hide the spot. Nevertheless, last week an Associated Press dispatch told with unhistorical assurance of a silver coffin from a shrine in Etshinhuro, Mongolia, which was carried with pomp and fire crackers through the Great Wall on its way to a hiding place in Western China far from Japanese raiders. Inside, insisted the A. P., was the dust of the Great Khan, the "perfect warrior...
...TIME [May 29] you have religiously plugged the fishing ports of Montauk Pt., Peconic Bay and Manasquan, while for Maryland you merely show a weakfish. Did you know that one of the best fishing grounds in the East lies off Ocean City, MARYLAND? That there are to be had silver marlin, tuna, blues, and, so several veterans insist, blue marlin? . . . And also, if you think that Cape Hatteras has channel bass, why not try down around Chincoteague? Otherwise, your article was pretty good...
...great-great-great-grandson of England's George III was trundled across Niagara River to set foot in the U. S. A.-first British sovereign ever to do so. A royal red carpet was spread on the station platform at Niagara Falls, N. Y. and when the blue & silver royal train slid in, Secretary of State Cordell Hull & wife stepped up to welcome the visitors. Mr. Hull said: "Your Majesties, on behalf of the Government and the people of the United States, I have the honor and pleasure of extending to you our warmest welcome. All are delighted with...
...sundown, heralds in parti-colored livery tilted silver trumpets, blew sweetly toward the dusky sky. From the Sacred Heart Church, 3,000 Roman Catholics-priests, nuns, altar-boys ringing bells, laity bearing bright banners and lighted candles -began moving in a long procession through the flower-decked streets. In the midst of the procession was the Blessed Sacrament (to Catholics, the real presence of God), borne in a monstrance under a silken canopy by vested priests. As darkness fell, the marchers reached the end of their two-mile route, the gardens of the old von Schrenk estate. There, before...