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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week's example of the use of a congressional frank and its effect on the postal deficit: in June Senator William Edgar Borah made a speech in behalf of the debenture plan of farm relief, against the Hoover plan (now-adopted). It sounded politically good to the Democrats whose National Committee secured Senator Borah's permission to use it and the Borah frank for distribution. The Democrats' only expense was for reprinting the speech. The Democratic National Committee sent out 1,000,000 copies to husbandmen throughout the land. Declared Senator Borah: 'That...
Back to Administrator Campbell went the speakeasy complaints and with them a letter rejecting the U. S. proposal, refusing to use city police as dry agents. Wrote Commissioner Whalen...
...treat the whale's carcass after it is taken into the boat through a great opening in the bow. In the ports of New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia, these vessels are met by the small "killer" boats which bring in the whales. In addition to airplanes, modern "factory" ships use radio telephones, while the small "killers" carry a cannon that shoots a time-fused, explosive, 120-lb. harpoon. Once splashing and spouting in all the seas, whales are now found plentifully only in small areas of the Arctic and Antarctic...
...lady campaigners arched their eye brows approvingly. A newsgatherer for the potent, manager-favoring Cleveland Plain Dealer felt embarrassed, sneaked out of the room for a smoke. He had been politely informed that it was not proper to use tobacco before so many ladies. Pickles, sandwiches, coffee, radishes and ice cream were served. With bows and smiles, blue and purple asters were passed to the ladies who had carried the day for the modern form of municipal government. The outcome of the election made round, gallant Manager Hopkins feel as exhilarated as a small boy who, expecting to fail...
Title to the actual possession of this area belongs to the Moslems, but the right has been given to the Jews to use the wall for mourning. Continual charges that the Arabs infringe upon this liberty are made by the Jews, while the Arabs regularly accuse the Jews of exceeding the privilege accorded to them. Each sect claims the British Government is unfair...