Word: extras
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...those parts of Kansas and states of the North Central region where corn is the chief crop, farmers will be told how much corn to plant, get an extra 5% added to their soil-diversion bounty if they obey. If they exceed their planting limit, there will be a deduction for each extra acre. Thus the Department, fearing a surplus which would send corn and hog prices crashing, hopes to bring corn acreage from 1932-33's 59,000,000 and last year's 54-500,000 acres down to some 54,000,000 acres. Reluctant to discuss...
...reduce his cash crops by specified percentages. Now he reduces them voluntarily within Department of Agriculture specifications and is rewarded according to the extent of his cooperation. But to control next year's corn crop, the Department last week proposed to set definite acreage limits, enforced by an extra reward and a penalty...
...Municipal Court, the road claimed that it is impossible to determine in advance exactly how many passengers will take a train, that the officials do as best they can. The road admitted that day-coach passengers unable to find seats may legally take unoccupied seats in Pullmans at no extra cost. Lawyer Davis retorted that several on his trip who tried this were refused permission. Last week the N. Y. Central rested its defense on the ground that Lawyer Davis had not proven that "the railroad failed to make a reasonable effort to provide sufficient accommodations...
Government 1 and History 1, for examples, would lend themselves just as well to reading periods as more advanced courses. This would not entail the slightest reduction in material given in lectures. One extra lecture a month in Government 1, which has two section meetings a week, would suffice to cover information handled in January. In History I--where there are two lectures a week, two additional lectures in October and November, and one in December, would give ample time to replace January lecture hours. Since there is a section meeting once a week for 'C' men and "dumb-bunnies...
...footing with big buyers like motor-makers and mail-order houses. Mutual will handle all distribution, passing on the profits, if any, to its dealers. Thus while the dealers will still have to pay more for their tires than volume customers, the difference will be exactly equal to the extra cost of selling in small quantities. U. S. Rubber will then look solely to a manufacturing profit...