Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Columbus-Having successfully completed the task of restoring harmony and unity to the Federation of Flat Glass Workers, President Paul W. Fuller submitted his resignation August...
...feet, the axiom seemed due for testing. The networks began 1938 handsomely, ran up the biggest first quarter of their careers (11.4% above 1937's first quarter). The pinch came in April and some heads began to shake. But the axiom seems to be holding true. With an August boom, the networks began pulling out. Last week, gross revenues of the three major chains -MBS, NBC, CBS,-for the first eight months of 1938 came to $46,971,173, neatly topping the $45,551,198 of 1937's first eight months. With no more than the fall contracts...
...last four months add up to some $909,200 more. With sales for the year still going strong, MBS already has a 1938 gross under contract which betters its 1937 peak by some 13.6%, is 22.7% ahead of last year on its first eight months, ran up August revenues to top the same month last year by a staggering 70.4%. Despite a depression summer, MBS is still growing fast into the niche it has carved for itself in network broadcasting...
...estimated $1,315,766,400 to the State budget. How Californian capital cottons to this benign idea of legislating Utopia became apparent last week when California offered for sale for unemployment relief $2,000,000 worth of registered warrants payable in February. Such State borrowings as recently as August 12 were easily sold at .75%. Last week there was but one bid, from Bankamerica...
...been filled-out by some 700. They showed: 1) inventories were subnormal in 64% of plants in the North Atlantic States, 65% in the Southern Atlantic States, 79% in the Middle West, 83% on the Pacific Coast; 2) wages were standing still; 3) business generally was down 30% from August 1937 but up 10% to 25% since June 1938; 4) employment increased from June to August in about twice as many places as it decreased; 5) 94% expected a gain in business activity, but there was little enthusiasm. Sample industrial comments: Steel: "Quite sure it will pick up soon." Machinery...