Word: locally
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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When last week, the Senate voted as the House had done (TIME, June 23) to spend $1,500,000 of the public money for the Vollbehr Collection of Incunabula, many a U. S. citizen wondered what "Vollbehr" and "Incunabula" might be. Citizens who inquired of their local librarians or other authorities, learned the following...
...will be the aim of the department to encourage greater activity and effectiveness on the part of the state and local governmental agencies in enforcing the liquor laws. . . . It was not contemplated that the Federal Government would assume the entire burden of enforcement . . . or create an enormous police force. . . . True, there is no legal way of compelling state legislatures to enact enforcement statutes or to compel state authorities to aid in enforcement. ... In those states which have repealed enforcement statutes and whose authorities do not perform a proper share of the work, there will continue to be grave deficiencies...
First Transfer Change: A redistricting of enforcement areas from 27 to 12, to correspond with the Federal judicial districts, with a consequent shake-up and shift of local Dry administrators...
...broiling Barcelona day last week 30,000 children marshaled by hundreds of priests gathered for an open air prayer festival at which it is a local custom to pray masked. Many and many a child sneaked off the sweltering mask during the long prayer, but all remained devoutly motionless kneeling under a grilling sun. When the prayer ended 28,000 tots rose and prepared to march away but 2,000 continued to kneel as though stupefied or paralyzed in the attitude of adoration. Doctors pronounced them sunstruck. Several hundred had to be rushed to hospitals, all were expected to recover...
...read from another's lips words he does not know.* Some two dozen lip-readers held a tournament at the conference. But because the lip, like the hand, can be quicker than the eye, none made perfect scores. "Prohibition is a noble experiment" looked like "Prohibition is a local experiment." "Do you prefer long skirts or short ones" looked like "Do you prefer fresh water or salt water." Contest winner was Evelyn A. Parry of Manhattan...