Word: talked
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week's end, C. I. Organizers met trouble that they did not expect. For Sunday they had scheduled a mass meeting at small Picher, Okla. in the midst of a rich lead & zinc region to talk tough miners into deserting the independent Tri-State Metal, Mine & Smelter Workers' Union. Before the meeting could assemble a mob of 4,000 Tri-Staters marched in armed with pick handles, clouted every C. I. O. man they could find in town, wrecked the meeting hall. Looking for more C. I. O. meetings, the mob crossed the Kansas line. One section...
Last week this suit, first of its kind the Cistercians had ever experienced, came to trial in Superior Court in Providence. To present the monastery's case there had to be witnesses, and witnesses must talk. The Prior of the Cistercians dispensed Brother Hugh and Father Aëlred (Frank J. Walsh, late of the Royal Flying Corps) from their vows of silence. Their unaccustomed words were not notable. Father Aëlred described the nature of the monastery, Brother Hugh described Devro's accident. But most damaging to the plaintiff's case were Mrs. Devro...
...Hart Schaffner & Marx. Starting with a banquet, ending with a theatre party, the celebration provided a happy opportunity for more than 200 big retailers from all sections to mix fun with business, for the occasion coincided with the opening of the buying season for autumn lines. Much was the talk of rising prices in both woolen goods (up 33%) and tailored product (up 10% to 15%). Serious were the discussions of trends in colors (gayer) and styles (toward draped models). Hart Schaffner & Marx's Golden Jubilee was pushed for its full promotional value but it also had genuine historical...
...business session, which will include the election of officers. At this meeting President Conant, George F. Plimpton '14, Associate Dean of Harvard College in charge of Alumni Placement and Student Employment David M. Little '17, Secretary to the University; and A. Chester Hanford '17, Dean of Harvard College, will talk briefly. Dean Hanford will explain to the assemblage the progress and aims of the Harvard National Scholarship plan...
...This talk was the third in the present series of radio addresses over the Colonial Network which is being sponsored by The Guardian...