Word: autumn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Seats. Not just to praise his NRA but also to explain his colleague George Peek's collateral AAA and to hold the farm vote for next autumn's Congressional elections, came General Johnson. Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska and South Dakota control 107 seats in the House of Representatives, 78 of which are now Democratic. Loss of many of these seats to the Republicans might deeply cut the Democratic house majority of 183, seriously hamper President Roosevelt's program...
Later that day President Roosevelt formally authorized the maneuver. Beginning early next spring the Battle Force, which has been in the Pacific, its normal base, since 1930, and the Scouting Force which went there during the Sino-Japanese crisis, will return to eastern ports until autumn, then go back to the Pacific. Meanwhile only a skeleton fleet of 15 destroyers, four battleships, half a dozen cruisers and submarines will guard the Pacific. The cruise will bring many of the 50,000 enlisted men and 4,500 officers home for the first time in three years, will cost the Navy Department...
...salesmen's summer orders were up 25% to 50%, August retail sales up 50% to 100% from 1932. Rising sharply since June, prices of raw furs last week showed an average gain of some 20%. With fashion strongly in their favor, manufacturers and retailers were prepared for an autumn & winter trade which might reach 75% of fat 1929's. All this was good news to some 3,000 fur farmers in the U. S., 1,500 in Canada. This month began their season for pelting and shipping, cashing in on their year's work. Non-existent...
...bird, fish or non-carnivorous beast smaller than themselves, some larger. In captivity they are clean, hardy, except for an occasional chirp almost noiseless. They need one meal a day, chiefly meat and fish. They like to swim but can do without it. Almost any country place where autumn weather is brisk will do for a mink farm...
...Colorado have a scrip scheme whereby hunters pay farmers one coupon for each bird shot, the coupons being sold and cashed by the State. Iowa has banned all quail shooting for 17 years. New Jersey's northern counties have been closed to it for some ten years. This autumn New Jersey will allow farm-raised quail to be hunted. Iowa will launch a long-range program for increasing its quail supply. In twelve experimental areas State College researchers are studying methods of determining how many quail a given area contains, how many of them may wisely be shot each...