Word: augusts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Long has Sir Henri Wilhelm August Oeterding's Royal Dutch-Shell Petroleum company been thought to be bitter rival of U. S. petroleum companies, particularly Standard Oil of New York (TIME, Sept. 9). Sir Henri was presumed to be especially enraged over Standard of New York's dealings with Soviets, who confiscated many a Royal Dutch acre in Russia and then asked Standard of New York to show them how to get better kerosene out of the crude oil. The recent and current "invasion" of the New York and New England gasoline market (long sacred to Standard...
...none were more spectacular than Goldman, Sachs Trading Corp., Shenandoah and Blue Ridge, all Goldman, Sachs sponsored and all contributing to Mr. Catchings' reputation as a brilliant and rising man. Trading Corp. stock, issued in December 1928 at 104, opened at 109, shortly split two for one, and in August 1929 was selling at 116. Shenandoah was launched in July 1929 by the sale of one million shares of common priced at 17 which soon sold up to 42, and one million shares of preferred at 50 which sold up to 60. The third member of the family?Blue Ridge?...
...receive an endowment of $200,000 for upkeep. A reserve of $55,000 will be set aside each year toward building more and more castles. Inmates will be fed at cost. Those States which are populated by the largest number of Pythians would receive their castles first. Next August at the national convention the project will be officially brought to the attention of all Pythians by Supreme Representative L. B. Phillips. Chancellor E. A. Burnett of the University of Nebraska was the first college head to express an opinion on the Pythians' castle scheme: hearty endorsement...
...purpose of the German Hygiene Museum is to persuade lazy, ignorant, indifferent people to look after their own health. The late great German industrialist Dr. Karl August Lingner (died 1916) who conceived the Museum, found that the best persuasion was fascinating study. Money came from German governments (state, municipal), insurance companies, industries. With habitual German thoroughness another prototype institution has been achieved, matching the German planetaria and industrial museums...
...august Theatre Guild sponsored two artistic and financial failures-Karl and Anna, The Game of Love and Death -but belatedly retrieved its prestige with Meteor and Hotel Universe...