Word: tested
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...future suddenly converged on Judge William Caldwell Coleman's courtroom. Seemingly blocked in their reorganization proposals by the Public Utility Act of 1935, the bankruptcy trustees petitioned Judge Coleman for guidance, suggesting that the Act was unconstitutional. Thus the American States reorganization shaped up as the first constitutional test of the Administration's dearest and harshest legislation...
After the Baltimore battle, Mr. Landis chilled perceptibly, demanded in his first radio speech as SEC's chairman a court test that is "real and not a sham...
...intelligent fight for its repeal. There are three ways in which this may be done. First, should further investigation prove that the oath is not mandatory as it appears at present it will be an ineffective blot in legal files. Secondly, should it be of questionable constitutionality, a test case will wipe it off the statute books. Thirdly, should it only be a poor piece of legislation, the most probable eventuality, Mr. Mather has all the qualities which would arouse public opinion to influence the State Legislature in its repeal...
...grabbed him as a "sleeper" the minute I saw his first test from New York and practically used the megaphone to tell everyone in Hollywood that here was the next big male draw in pictures...
Last week another new pursuit plane took off from Los Angeles on a test flight. This one was a heavily armored Vultee low-wing monoplane, built to carry 1,200 lb. of bombs as well as four machine guns. With a reported speed of 250 m.p.h., it, too, was being groomed with much secrecy for the U. S. Army. It was only 300 ft. off the ground on its second flight when the motor abruptly cut out. Faced with high-tension wires over the smooth field ahead, Pilot Thomas Van Stone tried to turn back to the airport. The heavy...