Word: coppers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Copper and slate will be used to cover the spire, and scrolls and figures in harmony with the staid Colonial architecture will be used in decoration. A large wind-vane, erroneously called a weather vane, will be cut from copper to cap to Chapel...
Bradstreet's price of food index dropped from 1.81 to 1.79 during the week, compared to 2.35 a year ago. Copper reached a new low of 5¼% and then rallied on the hope that a further curtailment agreement might be reached. Cotton held its recent gains. Exports for 1932 were ahead of 1931 last week...
Washington Tree markers come in two sizes: a copper plaque, 2" x 2". nailed to small trees by nurserymen before planting; a zinc alloy tablet, 5" x 6", fastened. to larger trees or mounted on a standard to be placed at the side of the tree after planting. For zinc tablets, individual nameplates are available to bear the names and other commemorative details of patriotic planters.-ED. Ewe Lamb...
...Copper-nickel alloys, said Dr. Paul Dyer Merica of International Nickel Co., are now prepared by heat treatment to stand a pull of 175,000 Ib. per sq. in., a tensile trength comparable to that of heat-treated steel...
Commodity prices were the week's gloomiest news. Sugar sold at an all-time low of 1¢ a Ib. when Cuba's crop was estimated at 3,061,000 tons, about 800.000 more than expected. Copper sold at 6? for export, a record low, while domestic sellers offered it at 6¼, equal to the bottom price, and one offered to throw in 50 shares of Anaconda or Kennecott with each 1,000-ton purchase. Rubber (of which there is reputedly a 16-month supply in the U. S.) plunged through its old low of 4.1^ per Ib., when the February...