Word: contract
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...boilers will drive turbines directly coupled to electric generators. Electric motors supplied with current from the generators will drive her four propeller shafts. . . . Similar equipment is used on the French Navy's flotilla leader Verdun, the first warship ever to attain a speed of 40 knots. . . ." Contract speed of the new French liner is 30 knots, but contract speeds are always exceeded by two or three knots. Cost: $27,500,000 to $30,000,000 depending on the final scheme of decoration which will be decided while work is progressing with the hull and machinery. Name: undecided. Also undecided...
...Winnipeg. Also last week, Board of Trade members heard with exasperation that at the University of Illinois Agricultural College Federal farm, Chairman Alexander Legge of the Federal Farm Board, repeating to 3,000 farmers his cry that short-selling of grain must be abolished, had said: "[the futures contract] is a system 80 years old, and a system that is not functioning properly. If it were, the Farm Board would not be in the field today...
...wide, was a leader in the mad race for gallonage. No territory was considered too competitive for invasion, and early in 1929 Richfield entered New York-New England. Although smaller producers were bought, Richfield could not keep up with its sales and had to buy petroleum on contract from other companies. Richfield's buying contracts made other companies think twice about buying Richfield when the time came. Mr. McDuffie, president, last week was made receiver. His bond was set at $3,500,000, a Federal record. He is an experienced oilman who began work in a pipe gang...
...Last week the first official proofs of his statement were given out by the Department of Commerce in a preliminary report of 1930 production. From the 1929 overproduction of 5,357 civil aircraft, the 1930 output fell to less than half-2,514. Military planes, practically all built to contract-order, upped from 677 to 710. The number of airplanes licensed and identified remained practically static at 9,818 on Jan. 1-22 less than a year ago. In other words, 25.6% of all U. S. civil aircraft went out of service during the year. Of the planes produced last...
...years ago when such wise collectors as the sponsors of last week's memorial show were boosting the market price of Pascin's delicate and decadent women, a French firm placed him under a very liberal contract which gave him an income and a percentage of commissions that seemed to guarantee financial independence. Pascin realized that he would never live to enjoy it : he was dying of cirrhosis of the liver...