Word: stops
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...months ago President Hoover asked Will Rogers to crack a joke which would stop hoarding...
...More soldier bonus legislation was widely anticipated last week by House leaders who declared they could not stop the stampede for the veteran vote. After the tax bill is disposed of, the Ways & Means Committee will consider a measure of Texas' Patman to pay the bonus in full by issuing two billion dollars in fiat money. Last week Congressman Patman declared that, with the election coming on. President Hoover would not "dare'' veto his bill...
...almost entirely agricultural. All told, we have only 8,000 industrial workers, and 85% of our population live on farms. The farmer produces for himself what he needs so we have been able to regulate our imports according to our exports. We could, in fact, at any time stop imports altogether if that were necessary...
...first radio appearance, on February 18, President Lowell spoke on the subject "Shall the United States join the Other Nations to Stop Bloodshed in China." In this address, he advocated that the United States place a boycott on Japanese goods...
...Captain Watson received orders from the Navy department to come to Harvard. Because of new orders from the Department Office in Washington, to the effect that he was to remain in charge of the Pacific fleet in the vicinity of Hawaii until the Admiral had ordered the manoeuvers to stop, his period of instruction at Harvard had to be delayed...