Word: alarmingly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...left it to his wife and two daughters and faded out of the scene, reputedly dead. He returns on the eve of an elaborate soiree by which the two daughters and the husband of one of them, Helford by name, hope to crash the local 400. Much to their alarm their mother, who makes no pretense of her humble origin, engages the genial old wanderer, unaware of his identity, to help her prepare for the affair. He proceeds to set the girls and the ridiculous Helford aright, and, to their horror, takes the party into his own hands, captivates...
Effects. As to its possible effects, the Glass-Steagall bill became all things to all men. President Hoover viewed it as one more expansion of bank credit, another move to quiet public alarm, restore confidence in banks and bring hoarded money out of hiding. Secretary Mills thought it would stop all further bank failures. Wall Street, as indicated by the stock rise, looked upon it as currency inflation which might turn the tide. Most anxious bankers hailed it as the "most constructive step" yet taken in the Depression. Conservative Republican Senators, shying away from its inflationary aspect, played down...
...with the authority of centuries, he may also assume high complacency as he did last month in inviting all Christendom to re-turn to Catholicism. He may, further, agree with vigorous America which said:' "The truth seems to be that our enemies are in a panic. . . . The note of alarm is everywhere patent. The triple statements of Pope Pius XI on education, the family and economics showed the world that the Catholic Church contains a complete body of truth unassailable in logic...
...announcing the death of his colleague, Georgia's Congressman Crisp observed with some alarm: "It is my honest belief that he was a victim of the strain under which we have been trying to work these last several weeks. . . . Let us reflect and relax some and not kill ourselves...
...group. Chief assistant to Spyros Skouras will be Lester J. Ludwig, formerly in charge of the Finkelstein and Ruben theatres for Paramount-Publix. Only Fox Theatres still being operated by the Fox Company are some "de luxe" houses and the Poli chain in New England. Stock-holders heard with alarm that famed Roxy Theatre must drop its name because Samuel Lionel ("Roxy") Rothafel has gone to Radio City...