Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...minimum wage law for women and of the National Labor Relations Act. Associate Justice Roberts and Chief Justice Hughes, who made those decisions by aligning themselves with the Court's liberals, were credited with damping the enthusiasm of labor for a Court change. When the Court last week upheld the Social Security Act (see p. 16), it simply added one more reason for believing such a change unnecessary...
...matter which has come up every year since 1925. Though liberal Dunkards have succeeded in lifting restrictions against such "vanities" as automobiles, telephones and lace curtains, church members who keep musical instruments (e.g. radios) are denied the Dunkard communion table. The radio prohibition was once more promptly and noisily upheld...
...world, more than eight times as big as Great Britain, for 200 years was a bone of contention between Norway and Denmark. Each claimed ownership; Norway annexed the eastern coast. They submitted the dispute to the Permanent Court of International Justice at The Hague which in 1933 upheld Denmark's claim, decided that Denmark was doing "good work." Denmark has made Greenland a closed country. Its 17,000 people are scattered along the barren coasts, the centre of the island being a gigantic uninhabitable icecap. There are 3,000 Eskimos, and Denmark is determined to protect them from...
...young and strong nations" can bear such tragedies. Chancellor Hitler tarted a fund for the bereaved families with a gift of $12,000. General Goring declared: "We men of German aviation will till show the world that the idea and the enterprising spirit of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin are upheld. . . . We bow to God's will and at the same time we face the uture with an unbending will and passionate hearts...
...newspaper with a large circulation, containing all the features of a regular newspaper, we cannot understand how the judge's verdict can be upheld by a higher court. . . . We intend to take our case to the highest court if necessary to uphold the Freedom of the Press. It seems to us the judge did not give the Hobo News a square deal...