Word: aprils
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Death. On Wednesday morning, April 25, at 20 minutes to 11, Floyd Bennett died...
...both newspapers distinguished themselves in bad taste and the Tribune achieved a domination which has never since been threatened. Andy & Min Gump became world figures and the Tribune Tower was built (Col. McCormick chose the site and Capt. Patterson suggested the $100,000 contest for an architectural design). This April, the Tribune won another great victory when it led the attack that smashed the Thompson-Small-Crowe-Smith machine in the Republican primaries (TIME, April 23). To the victor belong the boasts; and boast the Tribune...
British & Irish War Bonds. The way for trading having been made by the listing of Great Britain & Northern Ireland 4% funding bonds (TIME, April 30), last week the New York Stock Exchange admitted to its list the 5% War loan bonds of that same Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland. The entire issue is for ?2,088,173,638 (more than $10,000,000,000). As with the 4% funding bonds, trading will be in pounds sterling...
Multimillion-Share Days. Interrupted finally was the month of full trading days during which members of the New York Stock Exchange traded 3,000,000 or more shares. From March 9 through April 23 (holidays & Saturdays excluded) 18 days were 3,000,000-share days; 13 were 4,000,000-share days. March 30 registered 4.759,300 shares, the record...
...Waltz of the Dogs. A boast quite as confident if more sensible than that which Author e. e. cummings attached to the program of him (TIME, April 30) is used to introduce this posthumous play by Leonid Andreyev. "This is not a casual play," wrote Author Andreyev; "The Waltz of the Dogs represents the most hidden cruel meaning of tragedy which renounces the meaning and reason of human existence. . . . This is a responsible work and should be produced with deliberate courage...