Word: publication
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Federal Reserve Board reported that industrial production was about at December's level, although a rise in January would be normal. The fact that public spending as indicated by bank debits showed a marked downtrend, posed the possibility that consumption might not support even the present rate of production. Balance of expert opinion, however, continued last week to term this industrial hesitation a "pause that refreshes" rather than a "lull before the storm...
...months Chicago's LaSalle Street has buzzed with rumors that stormy, exuberant General Robert Elkington Wood was about to resign as president of Sears, Roebuck & Co. and campaign for public office, possibly the Presidency of the U. S. Sears has a rule that executives must retire at 60; the rambunctious General is 59 and no man to twiddle his thumbs...
This provided 70% of the purchase price, about the same ratio as for standard railroad equipment trust certificates. Nevertheless, aviation equipment trust certificates have yet to rival railroad certificates as gilt-edged public investments: there was no public offering of last week's issue...
...studio audience participation quizz game called "quixie-doodles" conducted by Comic Bob Hawks. Sample: "Could a baseball game end in a 6-6 tie without a man touching first base?" Answer: "Yes, if the game was played between two girl teams." The sense part is a weekly question of public importance, debated earnestly before the microphone and then put before radio listeners at large...
Last Sunday's People's Rally was important for two reasons: 1) it marked Radio Wheelhorse John B. Kennedy's 15th year on the air; and 2) it sought public opinion on whether the Neutrality Act should be changed to permit shipments of arms to nations which have been attacked. To take the affirmative on last Sunday's question, Kennedy picked in-&-out Liberal Oswald Garrison Villard, was surprised to find Villard an out-&-out neutrality man. Keeping Villard to say the nays, he then got Nation Correspondent Louis Fischer for the affirmative...