Word: washing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Alfred Emanuel Smith wanted to wash behind Tammany's ears, make it presentable so that it would not embarrass him when he took it before a National Democratic Convention to secure for himself the presidential nomination. George Washington Olvany, a judge of General, Sessions Court, was the man Mr. Smith deemed of sufficiently good repute to lead the "New Tammany" into national potency and esteem. Having served five years as the Hall's leader, while Mr. Smith twice failed to become President, Judge Olvany resigned two years ago (TIME, March 25, 1929), succumbing to ill health and general...
...citizens understand that if people set out to sell dope or whiskey or women, somebody is going to get jailed, hurt or killed. In some cities even such a homely thing as the family wash may cause cracked skulls, bombings. Last week saw the continuation of a new kind of peacetime war. The Nation's milk, product of patient kine, beverage of babies, churned up in violence.* Near Plainfield, Ill. The Guernsey herd of Isaac Lentz, an independent dairyman who had withdrawn from a local milk distributing association and cut his price, lay in their stalls placidly swishing their...
...Regina headquarters of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, big-nosed, big-eared Sergeant John Leonard clicked his spurs in his Inspector's office and was given an extraordinary order. Sergeant Leonard went home thoughtfully, put away his uniform. For several days he did not shave, did not wash. Then, calling himself "E. W. Esselwein," he appeared at the Communist headquarters in Regina and swore his devotion to the Red cause...
...Wichita Falls, Tex., Green Bay. Wis., Elgin, 111., Duluth, Minn., Richmond, Ind., Mason City, Iowa, Lincoln, Neb., Bellingham & Seattle, Wash., all oversubscribed their drives...
State College of Washington Pullman, Wash...