Word: ironing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...report: General Erich von Ludendorff, sporting the Iron Cross upon his bosom, dressed in a blue serge suit, badly in need of pressing, "stalked" into the corridors of the Reichstag. Party wrangling ceased. Reichstagers were awed by his lordly presence...
...annual dinner of the American Iron and, Steel Institute, Judge Elbert Henry Gary declared that "in the Fall of 1917 or the Spring of 1918" a proposal was made by the Federal Government (through the War Industries Board, of which Bernard M. Baruch was Chairman) to take over the steel industry. He alleged that the proposal originated with Secretary of the Treasury W. G. McAdoo, and that vigorous protest by American steel men, including himself, had blocked the plan. Judge Gary stated that his wish, in making public this hitherto unpublished episode, was to make a permanent record...
...wrought-iron...
...statistics on business continue to come in, it is apparent that the months of February and March this year marked a "peak" in the most active industries. April has seen a consistent decline in the basic industries, particularly iron and steel, and the assumption now seems to be for a quiet Summer, with a possible rally in the markets in the Fall if the likelihood for Mr. Coolidge's re-election is strong...
Just at present certain industries are very sick-the leather, textile and fertilizer lines are examples. Other industries are not well, and will presumably be worse before they are better ; these include iron and steel, high cost copper properties, automobiles and railroad equipment. Still other industries, like the oils, have been sick and are now getting through their convalescent period. The whole question is whether the present recession in business will broaden and lengthen into a depression, or prove only a slight halt in operations. When things get bluest will be the time to plan on renewed activity. But that...