Word: regular
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Night before he spoke his mind, the U. S. Maritime Commission in Washington announced its conditional approval of the transfer of eight ships of the United States Lines to the flag of the Republic of Panama. Banned from belligerent ports, banned from their regular North Atlantic runs because of the combat-areas provision of the Neutrality Act*, these vessels could travel to these ports under the Panama flag, could, moreover, carry arms. And although President Roosevelt announced he was holding up the transfer pending investigation, he expressed his opinion that the transfer did not violate the Neutrality Act because...
Next day reporters rushed to Secretary Hull's regular press conference at 12:30 p. m. "Gentlemen," said the Border Statesman, giving them a glacial stare, "I have nothing to say on the City of Flint or transference to the Panama flag...
...which flatly forbids the public debt to go over $45,000,000,000. Asked what he would do if & when the 1940 fiscal tide lapped the public debt up around King Canute Congress' shoes, he said: "I'm not going to draw checks one penny over the regular authority...
...dark about this war as they were about the last. Worse yet, they were probably in extreme need of foodstuffs, medicine, other necessities, which in recent years they have got largely from tourist ships in trade for whittled canes and basketware. Pitcairn is no longer on a regular shipping itinerary and no ship is known to have called there since early summer...
Westcott explained that his decision to serve turkey this Thursday was made to enable every student to have a Thanksgiving dinner. "Of course," Westcott added, "we shall serve another regular Thanksgiving dinner on November...