Word: speeded
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...sonorous Bavarian accent, Herr Wagner emphasized Herr Hitler's main points: 1) He bluntly warned German industrialists that if they cannot speed production to make the Third Reich economically self-sufficient, state capitalism will follow. This sounded more ominous in light of persistent rumors from Berlin last week that Minister of Economics Dr. Hjalmar Schacht, who has kept the Reich going by rabbit-out-of-hat financing, will resign because his economic views differ widely from those of Economic Dictator General Goring. 2) Timed to coincide with the blistering notes exchanged by Russia and Italy over the Mediterranean crises...
...Herbert Mendelson's Notre Dame, with her Designer-Builder Clell Perry at the wheel: the Gold Cup, oldest U. S. Speed boat trophy; at the Detroit Yacht Club; with an average speed of 63,675 m. p. h. for three 30-mi. laps-a Gold Cup record...
...Last week Great Britain's Sir Malcolm Campbell, holder of the land speed record of 301.13 m.p.h., raced his Bluebird over Lake Maggiore, twice smashed Gar Wood's five-year-old speedboat record to set a new world's record of 129.41 m.p.h...
...from the Orient, rose in price. So did tungsten. Some 60% of this rare, whitish-grey metal comes from China. Technically known as wolfram, tungsten has a higher melting point than any other known metal (6,000° F.), is used in electric lamp filaments, radio tubes and high-speed tool steel...
...tungsten was $2.50 a ton. Last year it rose to $7. Fortnight ago it rocketed to $25. Last week the metal market was alarmed over a possible shortage, for China declared that she would withhold her tungsten from world markets as long as the war continues. Prices of high-speed tools at once rose...