Word: writings
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Thus, while the world warred, the U. S. grew wise in the ways of neutrality, but its wisdom is not yet ripe. The New York Herald Tribune dismissed the 1937 neutrality law as "an Act to preserve the U. S. from intervention in the War of 191418." Congress still writes neutrality laws by hindsight, but it is still stirred to write them...
...disintegrate) and a mine of cheerless advertising. "An Evertrusty Steel Helmet is an absolute necessity," declares the manufacturer of an extensive line of respirators, decontamination bins, asbestos clothing and safety lamps. "How Many Closets for An Air-Raid Shelter?" asks a maker of chemical toilets who advises everyone to write for his free booklet, Sanitation in Air-Raid Shelters. For protection against fiery thermite bombs home-owners are urged to use Kimoloboard. Other appliances recommended to the reader are Blackout Fabric and steel shutters for windows, first-aid kits, fire pumps...
Interviewed privately, Mr. Howe declared he was dead serious. He explained away a similar announcement last January by saying that that had simply been a feeler. His strongest campaign card, said he, would be his pledge to write a daily column "on what goes on in Washington so it can be understood out in this part of Texas...
...winter, had asked the Christian Herald to discover a parson as kindly and old-fashioned as best-selling Dr. Arthur Emanuel Hertzler. The Protestant monthly (most successful in the U. S.) opened a $250 contest for 500-word descriptions of rural parsons, received 1,000 entries. Paron Gilbert will write, Christian Herald will print serially, and Harpers will publish in toto next spring Parson Gilbert's life story. Tentative title: Horse Sense and Homelike Religion...
...National Association of Broadcasters last fortnight sent the following advice to its 400-odd member stations: -"Any member considering the use of programs offered by the American Civil Liberties Union or the National Association of Manufacturers should write to Headquarters for information about these...