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Word: stops (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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THANK YOUR STORY AUG. 27 ISSUE CONCERNING TUSCARORA COURIERS BUNYON DERBY OLD FORT NIAGARA TO WHITE HOUSE STOP MY PRESS AGENT HEARTBROKEN HOWEVER THAT YOU . . . STATED THAT THREE GRAINS OF CORN INVITATION FOR GREAT WHITE FATHER WAS TO INDIAN PEACE POW-WOW STOP INVITATION WAS TO FOUR NATION CELEBRATION AT NIAGARA SEPT. 3 TO 6 IN WHICH BRITAIN, FRANCE, CANADA. U. S. ARE OFFICIALLY TO COMMEMORATE TWO CENTURIES OF WAR MORE THAN CENTURY OF PEACE...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Letters, Sep. 3, 1934 | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

...ruddy-faced man, equally as well dressed as Leader McMahon, but more aggressive, was sent to Washington to prepare for the strike. Turning down overtures of the Cotton Textile Industrial Relations Board, he announced that 300,000 cotton textile workers would quit, bringing the whole industry to a sudden stop...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RECOVERY: Pioneer Hardships | 9/3/1934 | See Source »

...other [udder, othah] rats asked [eskt, ast] him if he would like [lake, lack] to come out [oat, aout] with them [dem], he would answer [enser, ahnser], 'I don't know [ah doan-no, I dunno],' and when they said, 'Would you [wouldja] like to stop [stawp] at home [hum, hown]?' he wouldn't say 'yes' or 'no' either [eyether, ether]. He would always [allus] shirk [shoik] making a choice [cherce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Words & Woids | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

...Despite everything the Federal Government could do to curb its lawless elements, East Texas has persistently produced more than its Federal quota. In that hottest spot on the oil map, "hot oil" has been a fighting word for years. Last week, the Texas Railroad Commission was still impotent to stop "hot oil." This week the State of Texas, led by Governor Miriam ("Ma") Ferguson, will get busy with a special session of its Legislature to see what can be done...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Deterding on Oil | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

Inside the plant two dozen peace officers and firemen tried to think. Assistant Fire Chief James Bolz had an idea. He telephoned to nearby California Institute of Technology, pleaded for an explosives expert. In a few minutes a lone automobile slid to a stop at the scene. Out stepped Professor William Noble Lacey, the brisk embodiment of Science, to the rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Mixer's Mix-up | 8/27/1934 | See Source »

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