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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Some earlier editions of the Living Newspaper were Power, on the Tennessee Valley project; and Triple-A Plowed Under, on the Agricultural Adjustment Act...
...Canterbury after the Oxford Conference last summer, with the stipulation that it did not set a precedent. To many an Anglican and High Episcopalian, "open communion" is fraught with danger. To them this celebration is no mere Lord's Supper or fellowship meal; it is a sacrificial act performed by a priest of the historic ministry, or even (depending on their inclinations toward Catholicism) a repetition of the sacrifice of Christ upon the Cross...
...dealer, o-t-c firms range in size from one man behind a dirty glass partition to frenzied establishments with 175 telephones. Because there can be no o-t-c ticker and hardly any published quotations, the market prices are established largely through dealer-to-dealer telephone inquiries. Dealers act either as brokers (buying securities on commission for customers) or traders (selling securities they own to customers...
...refused Erie's request for a $6,006,000 loan because Erie's wealthy parent company, the Chesapeake & Ohio, would not guarantee the loan (TIME, Jan. 17). the jig was up. Last week, therefore, Erie wearily filed a petition to reorganize under section 77 of the Bankruptcy Act, its fourth reorganization in 100 years...
Bootlegging. In Philadelphia & Reading's petition under the Bankruptcy Act it cited the loss by 'legging of 4,000,000 tons annually. But this highly publicized illicit trade is no longer what it was. Several States have legislated against bootleg coal, leaving Philadelphia almost the sole market; surface outcrops suitable for bootleg mining are approaching exhaustion. Bootlegging never accounted for more than 8% of the total anthracite output, probably employed only 20,000 men at its peak. Last week the Commission guessed that it now employs...