Word: weatherly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Governor Roosevelt was "definitely disturbed" by "hot weather stories" about his presidential candidacy. Later in the week he issued a statement which the politically-wise took none too seriously: "I am not a candidate for President .... Purely speculative and wholly false insinuations about any consideration which I am giving to national candidacy. . . . This [Governorship of New York] is a man's-sized job which takes all my time...
...summer, without Congress or competition, any Senator who stays in Washington can make news, get publicity. Last week's prime hot-weather newsmaker was Senator Thaddeus H. Caraway of Arkansas. He made four items of news by demanding...
...Hoover administration. Last week the Department of Agriculture announced crop estimates. Forecast was a wheat harvest of 834,000,000 bushels (1928: 902,000,000 bu.; 1927: 878,000,000 bu.). Great had been the crop shrinkage since the spring estimates. Reason: Hot winds, drought, severe insect damage. Bad weather conditions in Canada and improved world demand brightened the outlook. The Chicago wheat pit reflected these conditions. Prices, on the rise for the last month, went higher. July deliveries touched $1.29 per bushel, a 35 cent advance since the disastrous drop of May. Oldtime traders looked for even better prices...
Cast and Robert Wood, in the Sikorsky called 'Untin' Bowler, were at Port Burwell, Labrador, last week, trying to get away, detained by bad weather. Crushing ice damaged their anchored ship. A half-gale swept it to sea, a total loss...
Swedish. The Swedish plane Sverige reached Ivigtut on the east coast of Greenland. She had been held in Iceland for a month by engine trouble and bad weather (TIME, June...