Word: repairer
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...extended period of unemployment, nor any serious labor surplus is anticipated by the Employment Service. While metal industries, machinery, foundries and repair shops are now marking time, and while the railroads laid off many men during December, many lines of business?such as the iron and steel industry, automobile manufacturing and some branches of the textile trade?now possess a better tone...
...current demand is greatest for bricklayers, carpenters, painters, electricians, ship repair men; employment is decreasing in the manufacture of foods, confectionery and sugar refineries. The tobacco and rubber indus- tries are, however, reported to be adding to their payrolls...
...Christmas season. Both liberals and conservatives moderated the tone of their utterances or remained silent in consequence, but rumors circulated among the modernists that certain close clerical friends of Bishop Manning were violating the spirit of the truce by sending out circuar letters in an effort to repair fences and round up the Bishop's supporters for a firm stand in the post-holiday battle that is sure to come. Dr. Leighton Parks, veteran insurgent rector of St. Bartholomew's continued as a prime center of interest. He issued in printed form his controversial sermon of the week...
...California, South Dakota, Nebraska, Indiana and even Massachusetts. The last state is, of course, pro-Coolidge, but it is surmised that the Californian hopes to gather a few delegates there in order to offset the situation in his own state. Mr. Johnson's fences are in none too good repair at home. The California Republican organization is against him, the southern Californians do not like his isolationist policies and the Hoover-Coolidge supporters are strong. Mr. Johnson's campaign is barely getting started and it will probably have plenty of financial backing. William Wrigley, Jr. (chewing gum) and Albert...
This unexpectedly successful handling of unprecedented freight has been possible owing to new purchases of equipment, and more adequate repair work. On Jan. 1, 24.1% of total locomotives awaited repairs, while on Oct. 1 this had been reduced to 15.3%. Similarly 9.5% of freight cars awaited repairs on Jan. 1, compared with 6.7% on Oct. 1. During the same nine months 134,636 new freight cars and 2,963 new locomotives; on Oct. 1, 64,601 new freight cars and 1,242 new locomotives were still on order...