Word: irone
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...construction is one of railroading's most spacious epics. In many Canadian schoolrooms hang pictures of the driving of the last C. P. R. spike at Craigellachie, B. C., on Nov. 7, 1885. Symbolizing the hardships the road went through, the last spike was iron, not gold. And every man who went to see it driven paid full fare...
News from the Iron & Steel industry continued bearish. April pig-iron production was up slightly from March as was expected, but was the lowest of any year since 1909 with the exception of 1921. Blast furnaces in operation stood at 113 against 116 on April 1. Steel operations throughout the country were placed at 47% against 48% the previous week, and steelmen hoped a gain by Chevrolet might offset Ford's declining production. Scrap prices dropped lower, tin and rail operations fell. The unfilled orders of United States Steel Corp. on April 30 stood at 3,897,729 tons...
...Stillman, in dedicating the gate, spoke of the value in tradition to institutions such as Harvard College of gifts associated with former graduates. He then opened the gate with a large iron key, which was then presented to Professor C.N. Greenough '98, Master of the House. Professor Greenough spoke with feeling of the donor of the present University infirmary, a class mate...
...ship was the bouncing little British fleet-sweeper, Jonquil. One shell from the London could scuttle it. Not until the British had established their safety zone did the Portuguese ships begin a fitful bombardment. Soon Minister of Marine Commandante Magalhaes Correia sent a transport and the 55-year-old iron-clad Vasco da Gama clanking down the Madeira coast to land a punitive force on the beach at Santa Cruz and attack Funchal from the rear...
...Reduction 1,523 1,019 Allis-Chalmers 1,170 482 American Bank Note 722 104 Aviation Corp. (Del.) 863 D 334 D Byers (cast iron pipe) 331 49 Borg Warner 1,097 325 Caterpillar Tractor 3,365 1,031 Chrysler Corp. 180 979 D Corn Products Refining 3,152 2,389 Curtis Publishing 6,533 4,654 General Electric 15,042 11,488 General Foods 5,990 5,572 General Motors 44,968 28,999 Gillette 2,164 1,421 Hudson Motor Car 2,316 226 Hupp Motor Car 66 680 D McGraw-Hill Publishing 534 372 Montgomery Ward...