Word: rising
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Prevented by time and the Versailles Treaty from building a great Navy, Germany realized that to rise and fight again she must count on an air force for its long-range striking force. The two men most directly concerned with building the Air Force were one all the world has heard of, Hermann Göring, and one very few have heard of, Erhard Milch. Though he has kept closest surveillance over the Air Force, Göring has in recent months taken over many outside duties, and the real propeller of the force is now Erhard Milch, Inspector-General...
...Steel companies, faced with a $5 a ton rise in costs as a result of the $10 rise in scrap prices,* went on strike against $26 scrap, refused to buy till they got reductions of 25? to $1 a ton. Hard-bargaining Bethlehem managed to buy 90,000 tons in Buffalo at $22 to $23-a three months supply...
...week ended Oct. 7, loadings reached 834,694-a rise of just 54 cars-indicating that until the railroads can repair their dilapidated equipment, a shipping ceiling has been reached...
Index Down. Indicating a further decline in war-boom enthusiasm, TIME's Index of Business Conditions this week dropped from 100.8 to 99.4 (94.2 year ago). The smallness of last week's rise in commercial loans reflected business caution...
Meanwhile upperclassmen huddled in groups to keep warm, and studied in their overcoats. Hot water bottles have been whipped into service, and there has been a run on all available firewood. Student circulation began to rise last night, however, when several radiators in Lowell House dehydrated to the tempo of loud clanks...