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Already Pressagent Michelson has begun his 1936 work. Against such an able adversary, small, pompous Theodore A. ("Ted") Huntley. secretary to Pennsylvania's onetime Senator David A. Reed, whom the Republican National Committee hired last month to run its publicity, will have to hump himself as never before to make any sort of showing...
...handling coal, which is 90% of the Virginian's freight tonnage, the road has the most efficient equipment developed. Its steam locomotives are among the world's biggest, its electric locomotives on the 134 miles of electrified line over the hump of the Alleghenies are the world's most powerful. At its docks on Hampton Roads it can load ships at the rate of 10.800 tons per hour. Between the coal fields and deep water its route is the shortest, its grades the easiest And its operating ratio, prime index of railroad efficiency, is the lowest...
Where did you get your political information that Senator Robinson would have to doff his cutaway and hump himself to be re-elected in Arkansas in 1936 [TIME, July...
...large, the weaker grows his political backing at home. Thus from Senator Robinson's standpoint Little Rock is no longer Gibraltar. If he wants to serve another six years in the Senate his advisers tell him he will probably have to take off his cutaway in 1936 and hump himself through a lively campaign...
Once over the hump, the steel industry will be in not only for new records but also for a new era: "Steel is no longer a standardized commodity like sugar, wheat or coal. We have entered into the age of specialized steels. In the future all steels are going to be tailormade . . . manufactured to order to fit the particular job for which it is designed. The outstanding achievement of the industry in this direction has been the development and perfection of a whole series of alloy steels?each alloy having its own particular properties and uses...