Word: accountability
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Premier's brother Antoine, it developed, had long ago adopted without a tremor the "customary" practice of paying himself interest on Government funds that he, as the Legislature's accountant, had the job of depositing. By dealing with his son, branch manager of the Banque Canadienne Nationale, he was able to get a special interest rate that not only paid him his 3% but let the Government have 1½% too. Last week M. Duplessis read a letter from Father Antoine to his son complaining of the annual "annoyance" given him by Government bank inspectors...
Deposited to the account of Col. Charles Augustus Lindbergh in Manhattan were $14,665 in gold notes-residue of the $50,000 ransom he paid to Bruno Richard Hauptmann...
...chargers are on file with local credit bureaus in more than 1,000 cities. The Credit Bureau of Greater New York has 3,000,000 alone. These local credit bureaus are, in the main, non-profit-making organizations owned by their members, mostly stores, and any charge account not paid in 120 days must be reported. Delinquencies are entered on a permanent record available to all other members and, through a system of standardized fees, to all other credit bureaus in the land...
...with no children, enjoyed no visible means of support, lived in swank apartments, entertained unsavory characters, was late with her rent, lived in Chicago for only two years and left with $500 of unpaid bills. In that case Mrs. Jones would have a hard time opening a charge account in Los Angeles...
...went early to Mr. Inman's who made the Genteelest Entertainment I ever saw on account of his son George taking his Degree yesterday--he had Three hundred forty seven Gentlemen & Ladies dined. Two hundred & Ten at one Table--amongst the Company The Governour & Family, The Lieut. Governour & Family. The Admirall & Family & all the Remainder, Gentlemen & Ladies of Character & Reputation. The whole was conducted with much Ease & Pleasure & all Joyned in making each other Happy--such an Entertainment has not been made in New England before on any Occasion. I ( - - - ) went to the Ball at the Town House, where most...