Word: deadlocker
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...Michigan the House of Representatives voted down Governor Comstock's plan for state-owned liquor stores, passed a substitute measure allowing "every responsible hotel and merchant" to sell liquor by the package. The Massachusetts House broke a two-day deadlock to pass a measure allowing licensed "taverns" to sell drinks by the glass...
...spite of the fact that a deadlock was prevented only by Mickey Walker's illegal kick, which gave Harvard the ball in scoring territory, the Crimson showed for the first time that it could do something when the goal-line was in sight. In the plays, both by men playing in new holes, Danny Wells and Chet Litman, the ball was carried from the 14-yard line for a score. Credit for the victory must go to the New Deal in the football team, which put in a new left side of the line and completely jumbled up the backfield...
While steelmen bitterly denied the charge of collusion, President Roosevelt stepped in to blast the deadlock in order to get men back to work. He proposed splitting the difference squarely in half with a price of $36.37½a ton. The steelmen agreed. So did Mr. Eastman...
...Orange and Black have an average team in the field this season, and Carr hopes to avoid repeating the deadlock of last year. In 1932 the Crimson tied three games in a row, and the flux was still, working last Friday when Harvard tied the Big Green...
...profits accrued. Why? Because many banks were hoarding their commercial credit. Why? Because they wanted to be completely liquid to qualify under the new deposit insurance system Jan. 1. Chairman Jones was deluged with advice as to how his R. F. C. could loosen its resources, break the credit deadlock. How to speed the reopening of banks frozen shut since winter was another topic of lively debate. Comptroller O'Connor reported his efforts to date. The President thought much more could be done with aggressive R. F. C. aid, in "hard" money. Secretary Wallace was wide open to suggestions...