Word: compelling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...down to a preConference meeting in Columbus. Conscious of suc cess in the past in getting Methodist conferences to give at least lip service to liberalism, the Federation presented to the Columbus gathering a memorial denouncing "profit-seeking economy." In turn Methodist laymen presented the Conference with resolutions to compel the Federation to delete "Methodist" from its name; to bar any bishop or Conference officer from serving as a Federation official; to lodge in a Conference-appointed commission the sole right to speak the Church's social views...
Against nine banks, all members of the New York Clearing House Association, the U. S. Comptroller of the Currency had brought suit to compel them to pay about $2,700,000 to depositors of the closed Harriman bank. Eleven members of the Clearing House had already settled out of court for $3,600,000. The nine defendants resisted payment on the ground that they had not, as the Government contended, guaranteed the assets of their ailing fellow members in 1932 only to back out later. Apparently the main actor and most eligible goat in the controversy was smart, clean...
...inseparable friend of Berr Strauss and the beau of the sprightly daughter of Herr Lanner. But whatever the vicissitudes of the Orphean entertainers, all goes well with the royal audiences. An exquisitely petite Queen Victoria (Madeleine Ozeray) gently outrages a bashful Prince Albert, until the music and the dance compel him to declare his suit. Hearts inter-twine for Vicey and her cousts...
...constitutional, Congress had to make certain substantive changes. Instead of telling the NRAdministrator to write whatever code he thought was best for the industry, Congress directed by law that the code should fix wages and hours of miners, should require collective bargaining, should regulate coal prices. To compel the industry to obey the code by penalizing disobedience, a 15% tax on coal production was imposed. However, any producer who operated under the code was to get back...
...that application for a loan to finance reconstruction of the Extension would not be looked upon favorably." In other words, the 128 miles of over-water railroad will probably be abandoned. Only hope is the Flagler will. The receivers have won the first round of a legal battle to compel the Flagler trustees to come to the aid of the Flagler System, but an appeal is expected, since the trustees apparently believe that further investment in the road would be folly.* Meantime Florida East Coast's Havana freight traffic is being handled economically through Miami and Port Everglades...