Word: use
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...length, the new McNary Bill went from the Senate to the House, there to be wedded, if possible, to a new Haugen Bill and redebated. Many a non-believer in the bill would vote for it, observers guessed, if they felt sure the President was going to use his veto. Then, when the bill goes back to Congress, the opportunists will make sure that the veto is not overridden by a two-thirds vote. Such has been McNary-Haugen history in the past...
...superior." He reported an instance he had heard about Negroes who had been assigned to desks among white men and women. The Negroes, he said, were "all grins, and congratulated . . . on the recognition that had been given them." He further charged that white and Negro women were obliged to use the same washroom. Senator Stephens said his protest was "in the interest of decency and the welfare of Government. Whenever there has been a step toward social equality between the races, dire results have followed...
Sued for annulment. Mrs. Anna Laura Barnett, of Los Angeles, wife of Jackson Barnett, multi-millionaire Okla homa Indian, ward of the U. S. Government; by the U. S. on behalf of its protegé. The U. S. alleges that by the use of ''petting . . . seductive smiles" Mrs. Barnett kidnaped her husband, married him twice (in Kansas, and in Missouri) in expectation of the $500,000 gift of the government authorized by Secretary of the Interior Albert Bacon Fall for Barnett...
Although its development appears to have been simple, Sarnoff said he had to pay millions for patents. When his company, the Radio Corporation, had bought all the available patents, it required that all competitors who wished to use these patents should secure licenses. The introduction of licenses tended to stabilize the business...
Statistics may help to show the phenomenal increase in the business. In 1920 there were about 100,000 radio "lans", while in 1927 there were 25,000,000. Radio is so efficient that the phonograph companies use radio tubes in the process of making records. Moreover, radio receiving apparatus is now used to record cable messages...