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Word: departmental (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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The bill on which the Senate was trying to act was, on its face, quite simple. As passed by the House it authorized the Navy Department to build five cruisers each year for the next three years, and one small aircraft carrier. The total cost of this program was estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Ships and New | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

The talk (TIME, Nov. 26) about Germany's new super-cruisers, has failed to agitate the Navy Department. Hobbled by the Versailles Treaty on naval construction, Germany has evolved a special type of small hard-hitting battle-cruiser, which may or may not cause revolutionary changes among naval architects. The...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Old Ships and New | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

These things were told the 20th annual convention of Merchant Tailors, assembled in Philadelphia last week; by Tailor Wilbur W. Stewart. Tailor Stewart believes in restrictive immigration but suggests that the Department of Labor, instead of admitting unskilled aliens who make a livelihood only with difficulty, survey the labor field...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: National Affairs: Cutters Cut | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Representatives of Pennsylvania R. R.'s employes last week met with representatives of their employers and discussed, amicably, a wage increase. Result: the Pennsylvania swelled its payroll by about $4,000,000 per annum, some 43,000 employes benefiting. The bulk of the raises went to shop, maintenance-of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Penn Raise | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

Having completed its annual survey of national prosperity, the U. S. Department of Commerce last week published many a statistic indicative of growth in U. S. financial stability and purchasing power. The Department found that U. S. households have purchased 1,250,000 electric refrigerators, 5,500,000 washing machines...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Figures | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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