Word: tiring
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...rounds. Then he found a way to tie up Watson's arms while keeping his own right hand free to pound his opponent's ribs with looping, hammer-like blows. Watson's ribs appeared to be steel-plated. Methodical and earnest, he waited for Chocolate to tire, held his own till the tenth round. Then, overestimating Chocolate's fatigue, he backed away from a clinch with his hands down. Chocolate saw his chance and took it with a left swing at Watson's jaw that sent him rolling into a corner of the ring, left...
...each & every raise,, whether it affected ten or 10,000, the Press thumped and boomed on its big bass drum.† Errett Lobban Cord, whose companies have never been noted for high wages, upped all workers in his automobile and aviation units 5%. Up 12½% went all Goodyear Tire & Rubber employes. Up 10% went wages in George E. Rogers & Co., Pittsburgh wholesale hay & grain dealers. The upping movement undoubtedly spread far & wide last week, but three things the Press did not report were: 1) What percentage of all U. S. workers received raises. 2) what the wages were before...
That was a new record for John Businessman. Goodyear Tire & Rubber's Paul Weeks Litchlield declared he had "regretfully arrived at the conclusion that a measure of Government control must be introduced. . . . We have failed to take the necessary steps voluntarily so the element of force. Government compulsion, becomes necessary. . . . Our continued decline in employment and purchasing power is leading us into state socialism or complete anarchy." General Electric's Gerard Swope (who. over a year ago. urged industry to do what it may now be forced to do) said: "I repeat that if industry does...
...Gardena, Calif., a Federal Prohibition agent drove past a house, saw a pig stagger out of a ditch, attack an automobile tire, saw another pig try to climb over a fence, decided the pigs were drunk, stopped, investigated, found a still, arrested Dominic Caprini...
...they eliminated their own cheap lines, Mr. Tew, Mr. Davis and Mr. Litchfield simultaneously downed prices on their high grade brands. Not until last week did Mr. Firestone follow suit, and when he did, he cut his cheap tires to mailorder levels. Though the general list-price cut was about 20%, it merely brought quoted prices into line with actual selling prices. Concessions and shading had long ago made the old list-prices a pleasant fiction. Observers last week agreed that Akron's latest upheaval had done little but clear the field for Mr. Firestone and the mail-order...