Word: peanut
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...SEVEN FIRMS REPORT RISE IN PAY RATES. . . . Brokers Pay Bonus. . . . THOUSANDS GET PAY INCREASES OF 5 TO 20%. . . . Plants Recall Workers, Lift Wage Scales. . . . 20% INCREASE BY PEANUT CONCERN. . . . 9,000 In Textile Mills Advanced. . . .WAGE RISES CONTINUE OVER NATION...
...turn a front somersault and land upright on a tight wire without cutting himself in two, is as exciting as ever, though he did miss it four times and have to give up at the first matinee. In the hush that falls before his act, the crackle of a peanut shell shakes the air like a splintered plank. Asked what he thinks about during his twice-daily moment of congealed concentration, he says: "I think what a hell of a responsibility...
...appears to be included as a chaser for the stiff dose of Blondle Johnson, has a decided effect on the audience--that of making them want to go home. But just when the evening seems to be at its worst, a comic cartoon comes to the rescue, but the "Peanut Vender" spoils that, too. Every cloud has its silver lining, and fortunately for all concerned, Jack (Drums) Powell's excellent performance keeps the evening from being entirely wasted...
Also occurred last week many a suicide which had no apparent connection with the Great Depression. A Manhattan peanut peddler shot himself because he was ill. Because his daughter eloped, a Maryland farmer did away with himself. Unexplained suicides (in addition to dozens for traditional reasons) included a wealthy paper manufacturer, a retired Marine Corps major, an Army sergeant in the Canal Zone, a dress manufacturer, the social secretary of the wife of Secretary of the Navy Charles Francis Adams...
...Commerce, the American Petroleum Institute. At their worst they are criminal rackets like Chicago's Master Cleaners & Dyers Association and the Greater New York Live Poultry Chamber of Com merce. Not much publicized are the Better Bedding Alliance of America, the Hickory Handle Association, the South western Peanut Shellers' Association. In the mighty realm of rolling mills and blast furnaces is the American Iron & Steel Institute. To head this trade group Rob ert Patterson Lament last week resigned as U. S. Secretary of Commerce. Presi dent Charles Michael Schwab will retire to an inactive chairmanship...