Word: gainful
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...straw vote the important thing to note is the trend of public opinion. The Gallup polls show a sharp nation-wide swing away from Roosevelt. In only seven States has there been a gain in his popularity. In the Middle West, the real battleground in this campaign, there has been a general subsidence in the pro-Roosevelt sentiment...
...Smith's lawn when President and Mrs. Roosevelt drove up to greet them. Chatting easily from the back seat of his car, the President told his neighbors about the Triborough Bridge, about the drought, about the growth of local interest in government which he thought was "the greatest gain in the Depression and the three years of revival which have followed. I think." he said, "we have increased the function of the understanding heart in this country...
...about 10?, and in cotton a 1? change means at least $50,000,000 to the South. What gave cotton its big push last week was a government report estimating the total planting on July 1 at 30,600,000 acres. Though that was a gain over last year's unusually small acreage, it was still 26% below the old-time average. Meantime world cotton consumption has climbed to new records, and further reductions are expected in the U. S. carry-over of 7,000,000 bales, last of the U. S. Depression surpluses. About half of this carry...
Even imported commodities had a part in last week's show. Rubber sold above 16½? per lb. for the first time since 1929. In one day silk shot up 5? per lb. to $1.67. The Annalist's wholesale commodity index registered the sharpest weekly gain since the 1933 inflation scare. Only items likely to be depressed by drought are meat and hides, and those only temporarily. Slaughtering of cattle in drought areas increases the immediate supply. No trade was more agog about the commodity boom last week than the butter market. Like eggs, butter has an annual...
Last week the Association of Machine Tool Manufacturers reported that orders booked in June were at a new high since 1929. The Association's index rose 8% from May to 128.8, which was 41% above a year ago. The May-June gain was recorded in the face of an actual drop in foreign orders, an important item with U. S. machine toolmakers. Except for 1929 and a few months in 1928 business was better than at any time in the past 16 years. The shortage of good machinists, noted early in Recovery, had become so serious that many...