Word: code
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...septuagenarians of the South, Federal Judge William Irwin Grubb of Birmingham, whose decisions are very rarely reversed by higher courts. Last October, the Government brought Lumberman Belcher to trial before Judge Grubb on charges of paying lower wages and working his men longer hours than NRA's lumber code allowed. Defendant Belcher readily admitted the facts but argued that the Recovery Act as applied to him was unconstitutional for 61 different reasons. Judge Grubb upheld him (TIME, Nov. 12). Government attorneys were delighted; here was a magnificent test case-no argument about facts, simply a question of constitutionality. Appeal...
...Lippa gravely. "We've got to do something about it or else close up shop." More than 1,000 waste paper dealers, brokers in rags, old rails, cracked stoves, rusty boilers and smashed automobiles, listened soberly to his plan and found it good: let junkmen junk their NRA code. "We are making the first move to withdraw from the code authority," said Chairman Lippa. "The code has not served any useful purpose...
...lawmaking body for U. S. contract bridge players, posted a new scoring system to replace the one in use since 1932. Result of studies by the Whist Club, London's Portland Club, the Commission Française du Bridge of Paris and many a bridge expert, the new code is effective all over the world after March 31. Important changes...
Under the 1932 laws, the game's maximum penalty-for 13 down, vulnerable and redoubled-was 20,800 points. Under the new code the penalty in the same situation is 7,600 points. On the vulnerable side the reduction in penalties from the 1932 sliding scale (100 for the first undoubled undertrick, 150 for the second, etc. etc.), will doubtless cause lusty overbidding to save rubber...
...code the number of rules is reduced from 65 to 39. After March 31, "dummy" will be an obsolete term, to be replaced by "declarer's partner." Furthermore, that partner will for the first time be permitted to speak up, not only to call attention to a "defender's" irregularity, but also to discuss questions of "fact or law," reply to "proper questions." Theoretically, the new rules make possible a bid of eight: when a player makes an insufficient bid-such as seven diamonds to overcall seven hearts-his opponents may insist that he make his bid sufficient...