Word: sells
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Many an employer otherwise excluded from or complying with the Act is certain to become unpleasantly aware of Section 15: ". . . It shall be unlawful for any person [excepting railways, and other common carriers] to transport, offer for transportation, ship, deliver or sell in commerce, or to ship, deliver or sell with knowledge that shipment or delivery or sale thereof in commerce is intended, any goods in the production of which any employe was employed in violation of Section 6 [wages] or Section 7 [hours...
...paper O Globo appeared a sharp protest from Argentina, No. 1 South American wheat country, against Mr. Theis's announced plan to sell 15,000,000 bushels of wheat in Brazil under the U. S. aegis. Right beside the protest was a careful explanation of the Theis thesis: Although he was going to Brazil to dump wheat (he used the more polite word "sell"), he was just a plain businessman, not a U. S. Government agent...
Since 1934, according to proceedings instituted in Trenton's Chancery Court, Mr. Kenny has spent much time ghosting a two-volume legal tome to sell for $30 under the title of Dougal Herr on Marriage, Divorce and Separation in New Jersey. His pay at first was $40 a week, was later reported at $50 and $60. In addition his author-employer, Advisory Master in Chancery Dougal Herr, gave him a 40% stock interest in a firm called Legal Publications, Inc. of Hoboken, formed to publish and sell the book...
...mission was to find a market abroad for excess citrus fruits and other crops, particularly wheat (of which the Government announced it would sell 100,000,000 bushels abroad by July, has thus far succeeded in selling only 39,000,000). Few people either here or in Europe would thank him for his trouble, because sales at whatever price he could get might depress both domestic and international farm prices...
...friendly toward GM by asking their advice. An important contribution to GM merchandising was Weaver's finding out how customers like to have their cars serviced passing the information on to GM dealers. Many of his mailings have been planned not so much to get information as to sell cars by stirring up interest in a laggard territory...