Word: commoner
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...previously ended a similar flareup on two other ships by agreeing to negotiate, making the settlements retroactive. He first said his union had no hand in last week's strikes, later declared: "Our offer to furnish crews without wages for ships carrying refugees free still stands. . . . But common humanity compels us to make some effort to provide for our families before embarking on a voyage through submarine and mine-infested waters...
Camouflage in the last war meant whirls, blotches, stripes and curlycues with which "experts" made common objects look like a futurist's bad dream. Stripes and blotches were supposed to do for ships and tanks what stripes and blotches are supposed to do for giraffes and tigers. Camouflage artists called the effect "disruptive coloration." At sea it was meant not to conceal the ship but to spoil U-boats' calculations of its speed and course, make torpedoes miss their mark. Opponents of dazzle long insisted that camouflage should conceal as well as confuse, and since World...
...Adolf Hitler is its uncertainty: the whimsical nature of events as they unravel from the Führer's haunted mind. Even heads of governments nowconsult the writings of journalists like Pertinax, Augur, Tabouis, who are reputed to have secret sources of knowledge about things to come. But common men look for guidance where they have always found it: in the stars...
...philanthropy but common sense kept the producers from hiking their price. In 1913 newsprint mills were running at about 85% of capacity, could not keep pace with expanding Wartime needs. Since the War production has far outstripped normal peacetime needs. Last year the mills ran at only 65% of capacity, had more than enough in reserve to keep the presses of the U. S. rolling...
...descendants of the founders sold out for $7,000,000. The deal was financed by the sale to the public of $3,550,000 of 6% first mortgage bonds, $2,643,900 of 7% cumulative preferred stock, 100,000 shares of no par common (current price $3.75). Although funded debt has been reduced by almost one half, Marion owes $1,619,388 back dividends on her outstanding preferred. Two years ago net sales of $6,174,822 gave the firm a $338,191 net profit; last year the company was back in the red, almost $500,000; last week Marion...