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Most astonishing fact was that only 38% (58,853) of last fiscal year's immigrant quota was filled. According to the State Department's travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: IMMIGRATION: Travel Log | 3/4/1940 | See Source »

With 98% of legal production signed up, the first week's quota was set at 960,000 tons. It was slightly underproduced. A break in the cold spell sliced the second week's quota to 480,000 tons. Producers filled their quotas and shut down. Returning cold weather upped last week's quota to 720,000 tons. Again producers toed the mark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MINING: Anthrofright | 2/26/1940 | See Source »

...Finnish cities almost at will. Military experts estimate that it will take only 500 planes to give the Finns equality in the air, and about 250 had been allotted by the Allies up to last week-although not all of these had been delivered. Whether the rest of the quota had been promised by other countries, or whether the Allies had upped their allotment, Sir Walter did not make clear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NORTHERN THEATRE: Planes, Men, Medicine, Soap | 2/19/1940 | See Source »

Half School Quota...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTES OVER $50,000 TO DRIVE | 2/14/1940 | See Source »

...contribution of $29,277.03 credited directly to the Harvard unit was equal to more than half of the quota assigned to forty-one educational institutions, including the University, comprising the School and College Group of Greater Boston...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: UNIVERSITY CONTRIBUTES OVER $50,000 TO DRIVE | 2/14/1940 | See Source »

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