Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week yielded its Cleveland-Chicago passenger service (Universal Division) to National Air Transport, which carries the mail. N. A. T., which recently acquired Stout Air Lines (its sister subsidiary in United Aircraft & Transport), immediately placed in service a new fleet of Fords, with streamlining and engine-cowling that boost the cruising speed to 125 m. p. h. Aviation Corp. meanwhile turned attention to the new southern transcontinental airmail route which (if Avco accepts the contract) it will begin to operate Oct. 15. Not improbably Avco will seek to extend its control all the way to the Pacific by buying...
...appeared that one nation or more might bolt the Federation. Reason: Great Britain had arbitrarily upped the entry fee per plane for the 1931 Schneider trophy races for seaplanes from 5,000 francs to 200,000 francs ($8,000). France and Italy challenged Britain's right to boost the rate, declared only the Federation had such power, refused to pay. Thereupon Great Britain ("host" for the next race by virtue of her victory last year) refused to recognize France and Italy as legal entrants. The British explained the high fee was to keep out publicity-seekers who might otherwise...
...immediate unemployment measure, they had agreed to boost British industry by a 10% duty on all manufactured articles entering Great Britain accompanied by a rebate for British Dominions?practically an adoption of Lord Beaverbrook's widely touted Empire Free Trade, but omitting foodstuffs...
...announced that Cumberland plans to buy $2,400,000 worth of these non-milling assets from Pepperell. Millside power properties have played a large part in Mr. Insull's conquest of New England territory. In some cases he has bought the mill as well, running it through depression to boost power earnings. But last week he did not have to go further into the textile business. Pepperell, with such specialties as Lady Pepperell Sheets, makes money, last year made $1,114,280, can stay on its own feet...
Defeated in both houses of the Riksdag on its proposal to boost the tariff on imported wheat, Sweden's cabinet, headed by conservative Admiral Arvid Lindman, sent in its resignations last week...