Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...from close. The Philadelphia Athletics started slowly, spurted with two winning streaks in midseason, last week coasted into a mathematical certainty of retaining first place in the American League well ahead of Washington and New York. In the National League the pennant race was exciting until the middle of August, when the St. Louis Cardinals became almost sure of winning. Last week they too became absolutely sure. They could lose their nine remaining games and still finish ahead of the New York Giants, the Chicago Cubs. The Cubs, under the much discussed new management of Rogers Hornsby, have been hampered...
...cheerful, to estimate business conditions in the country for the first nine months of the year. Beyond question the first three quarters of 1931 will go down in U. S. financial history as one of the most unsettled, depressed periods ever known. During the summer months and culminating in August, U. S. trade came as close to a standstill as seems possible in that season in peace times. September has shown an increase in activity somewhat below seasonal expectations, has been extremely disappointing since everyone hoped for an increase better than seasonal. Some current indices of U. S. business...
Imports in August for the U. S. equalled $166,000,000 and exceeded exports by $1,000,000, gave the country its first unfavorable trade balance since 1926. In August 1930 the balance of trade was favorable...
Building Statistics for August, reported by Bradstreet's, showed a decrease of 26.9% in permit values in 215 cities compared with last year. The figures were 4.6% lower than July this year, against a normal seasonal increase of about...
...industry which Tycoon Doherty now enters has been, as a whole, badly upset by Depression. August hotel room and restaurant sales were down 19%, from August 1930, 27.6% from 1928. Room sales were down 17% and restaurant sales down 21%. The room rate was averaging 8%, under last year while the August average rate of occupancy was 54% of capacity against 60%,. In comparing last month with August 1928, Horwath & Horwath, hotel accountants, found that Detroit has suffered the most with a 40% drop, while Cleveland, a big convention city, has suffered the least with a 21% drop...