Word: belt
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...alltime high by 3%. Most of the increase will come from record crops of wheat and corn. Wheat output is expected to reach 1,160,366,000 bushels, 28 million more than the July 15 estimate, some 37 million more than last year's record high. The Corn Belt looked forward to an even greater record: 3,496,820,000 bushels, almost 300 million better than the previous high...
Jones' body was marked with slashes and bruises, which Richardson said apparently had been inflicted with a flat object, such as a wide leather belt or a thick plank...
...harvesting the biggest crop in its history. The wheat output was expected to reach 1,132,075,000 bushels, 42 million more than the July 1 estimate, some nine million more than last year's all-time high. Granted a good soaking rain in the corn belt within a fortnight, corn production would also break records; the Department of Agriculture's estimate last week was 3,487,976,000 bushels, some 250 million better than the previous high...
Deadeye. In Maiden, Mass., George Ross, tangled in a conveyor belt, chucked tin cans at a wall switch, hit it, shut off the power, saved his life...
...part of Britain's belt-tightening, she has frowned on imports of luxury goods. Last week, after six years, Britain coyly smiled again at U.S. exporters. The British Government agreed to allow American manufacturers to export semi-luxury products to the United Kingdom up to 20% of the value of their average annual 1936-38 shipments, in some 38 specified categories. (Canada was already operating under a similar plan.) By mid-August, Britons should have token shipments of artificial silks, costume jewelry, paint, etc. Chief reason for the token shipments is not to please Britons but to please...