Word: coaling
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Republican legislation such as the Taft-Hartley act. He has made it clear to Senators Vandenberg and Taft that they must stay on their own side of the Hill, that he is running the House. He stepped boldly into the national limelight recently to intercede in the coal strike...
Since 1936, the U.S. has had 41 major coal mine explosions. Coal mines are almost weatherproof, but Meteorologist Charles L. Hosier of Penn State nevertheless suspected that the explosions had some connection with the weather. Last week he had what looked like proof...
Hosier's explanation: lowered atmospheric pressure encourages the flow of gas out of the coal. If the increase is too much for the fans to handle, in poorly ventilated mines, the gas may accumulate until it forms an explosive mixture. He thinks that mine operators should take careful note of the weather and warn their miners to be especially careful when the pressure begins to fall...
...steelmen, these losses were only a down payment. Gambling on a quick end to the strike, they had used most of their coal reserves to keep production as close to normal as possible. They would hardly be able to rebuild the reserves by June 30, when the miners' contract expires and another strike is expected. The next one, if it comes, would force a quick and sharp cut in steel production...
...decorating job, Dorothy Draper, Inc. got $120,000. To the C. & O., this was only part of the worry. After redoing the local station on the C. & O. line, Mrs. Draper demanded that no smoke-belching locomotives be allowed within five miles of the place. But the coal-burning C. & O. put its foot down, let the steamers on through...