Word: demanding
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...apparently expected that the cupidity of these towns and sections will demand that their Congressmen and Senators vote for this bill or threaten to penalize them if they fail to join in this squandering of money. . . . Our nation was not founded on the pork barrel, and it has not become great by political logrolling...
...Depression he was an Omaha broker who was ordered to pay $45,000 alimony. All were War veterans with honorable discharge papers, all were jobless. By appropriating rides on freight trains most of them had come from as far as Portland, Ore. They hoped to get to Washington and demand an immediate cash settlement of the Bonus...
...mules brought better prices proportionately than other livestock. More colts were being raised than for several years. Manufacturers of harness reported mounting sales. Purebred Percherons were bringing from $300 for mares to $1,000 for stallions. Medium weight animals (1,400 to 1,500 lb.) were most in demand. Blacksmiths who had become garagemen were becoming blacksmiths again. Low crop prices have made home-grown feeds for horses more economical than fuel for motors...
Although it is expected that 1932 gasoline demand will show a decrease from last year-the first recession ever recorded -the industry last week was in better shape than for some time. From last summer's lows of around 20? per bbl. petroleum has risen slowly until last week, when it stood at 86?. Still a critical factor is the prodigious East Texas field, now 20 months old. Its production is controlled by the Texas Railroad Commission. Last week 160 new wells were completed in this field, bringing the total to 5,442. Its average daily flow...
...label it scouted about, wrote Pepsi-Cola Co. last month that "your product ... has been and is now being substituted and passed off for Coca-Cola ... at ten Loft, six Happiness and seven Mirror stores. . . . This detection . . . entitles us to the reward . . . and we herewith . . . make demand upon you for the payment...