Word: worker
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Married. Montagu Collet Norman, 61, longtime (since 1920) Governor of the Bank of England; and Priscilla Cecilia Maria Reyntiens Worsthorne, 33, divorced welfare worker, member of the London County Council, granddaughter of the seventh Earl of Abingdon; furtively, day after announcement of engagement; in London at the dingy Chelsea Registry Office...
...Luddites in 1812, to young David who resolves to recoup the family fortunes in 1931, represent the close-fisted, passionate hard-riding Tory lot who owned mills. The Bamforths, illegitimately conceived by young Will Oldroyd in 1812, are, as one might suspect from their origin, those who suffer the worker's lot and eventually become Crusaders in that cause. The decline of the Oldroyds begins when the desire for family distinction obscures the interest in good cloth; the success of the Bamforth line lies in its espousal of the humane cause...
...Year's meeting on the Ministry, as had been done every three years since 1920, and as will probably be done annually henceforth. The meetings are sponsored by Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith Drury, rector of St. Paul's School (Concord, N. H.). Secretary and most active worker is Rev. Charles Leslie Glenn, 32, rector of smart Christ Church in Cambridge, Mass. Intending to be an engineer, "Les" Glenn was graduated from Stevens Institute of Technology in Hoboken in 1921, taught mathematics at Lawrenceville, was in the building business in Manhattan for a year, then went into the Episcopal...
...force Russians into this new and less grandiose groove the Soviet Government and the Communist Party-both dominated by Joseph Stalin-have just taken drastic steps: 1) Under a new decree the mere fact that a Russian is a "worker" will no longer entitle him to a food card. Instead of going to a civic food shop as formerly, he will present his card at a shop in the factory where he is employed and will receive food only so long as he keeps his job in that factory. Thus the State hopes to pin down "floaters," reduce labor turnover...
...Hearst, Publisher Motoyama was a worker for international harmony, a liberal and independent patriot. He opposed the attack on Shanghai, upheld the occupation of Manchuria...