Word: canvassing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...tentative plan by the House Committee was to run a door-to-door canvass some time in the middle of next week...
...Binghamton, N.Y., students of St. Patrick's parochial school collected 2,000 objectionable comic books in a house-to-house canvass, burned them in the school yard...
Solicitors will ask University students for a $10 Contribution to the Combined Charities Drive in a door to door canvass of the Houses starting tomorrow night...
Social Service workers from Phillips Brooks House will canvass in House dining halls and knock at doors for the rest of this week in a drive to sign up more men for work at 48 social agencies in the Boston area...
...most who have heard a sample transcript are now enthusiastic. Other Episcopalians will make up their minds during the first 13 weeks of the series, for which the money is on hand. If the show is to be continued, an extra 3% will be asked in the Every-Member-Canvass pledges for 1949. The program will cost about $15,000 a week, over $11,000 of it for radio time at regular commercial rates. Musicians, technicians and minor actors will receive regular rates; the stars have volunteered for a fraction of their usual fees...