Word: cropped
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Alpha's memory seems to be no better now than it was at the North Carolina State Fair in Raleigh on Oct. 8 when his master displayed him at 25? a look to record-breaking Fair throngs with pockets full of New Deal tobacco crop money...
...against several of the great disturbing factors in life-especially those which relate to unemployment and old age...." Thereafter he appointed a Committee on Economic Security, which in turn gathered around it a group of expert advisers to plow the virgin field of "social security" and raise a fruitful crop of legislative ideas. Last week's White House meeting which the President addressed was, in a sense, a general breaking of hard tough soil...
...addition to these veterans there is the crop of outstanding candidates coming up from the 1937 team to fight it out for the extra position on the Varsity. There is, of course, the perennial problem of finding men for the Freshman team, which is always a difficult task, since so few of the preparatory schools have teams in this more or less obscure sport. But this year there is the promising news that there is a bumper crop of good material and an unusually large supply of candidates. The redoubtable Rene will have a more serious job than usual...
...their scoring attack, the Black Hawks traded Defenseman Lionel Conacher for speedy Forward Howie Morenz of the Montreal Canadiens. Irvin ("Ace") Bailey, Toronto Maple Leaf star who was nearly killed in a game early last season, was still unfit for play last week. The New York Rangers had a crop of new forwards, one of whom is Manager Lester Patrick's Son Lynn, making his professional début. In Boston, Lester Patrick's Brother Frank, with a new job as manager, planned to make a star of a Ranger castoff, hulking Jean Pusie. In St. Louis...
Drought and AAA slashed the 1934 corn crop to 56% its normal volume, with a relative decrease in pork production. According to Dr. Mordecai Ezekiel, Department of Agriculture economist, pork prices have risen so high that a national "consumers' strike" is now on. The Bureau of Agricultural Economics foresees still higher prices for chickens, eggs...