Word: boosts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Under the Sea. Typical of the new-day miners who have striven to boost production is John MacPherson, who lives in an eight-room house in Villa Nova outside Glace Bay. Last week "Tossy" MacPherson, father of seven girls and a boy, was on the night trick. He slept until midday, had a noon meal and then, carrying his supper in a lunch box, walked a quarter-mile to Dosco's Sydney & Louisburg Railway to catch the "Hobo," a work-train of boxcars fitted with benches...
Railroads. Thanks to a rate boost in May, the Class 1 U.S. railroads clicked off a $76.7 million net profit in July, more than double 1947's July net. For the first seven months of 1948, the roads netted $334 million, compared to $247 million in the 1947 period...
Autos. Packard's earnings had never been so good since 1929, said President George T. Christopher, announcing a one-third boost in the company's quarterly dividend: from...
...bogas are partly to blame for the river troubles. In 1937, they formed a union and loudly protested that their steamer captains did nothing "except eat chicken and pull the whistle cord." Within three years, they got shipowners to boost crew complements from 35 to 50, cut hours, raise wages, provide meals-and extras between meals...
...Indianapolis and San Francisco), plus 250 other retail outlets. Last year the Page Boy grossed $1,026,584, on which the sister-partners netted better than 10%. This week, with profits still bulging, the Frankfurt sisters are starting work on a new Dallas building which will enable them to boost production...