Word: autumn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...finest string of race horses in the U. S. to Cornelius Vanderbilt ("Sonny") Whitney, his son by Sculptress Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. Sonny Whitney, almost as horsy as his Cousin Jock, has extended his family's business interests by becoming an active director of Pan American Airways. Last autumn he tried to become swank Long Island's Congressman on the Democratic ticket, but was easily beaten by the experienced socialite incumbent, big Robert L. Bacon. Since he watched his Equipoise come from behind in the mud to win the Pimlico Futurity of 1930, Cousin Sonny's interest...
...board chairman of Curtiss-Wright, an athletic, motorboat-racing man cut much like Motormaker Cord though more refined, was put in temporarily as president. Mr. Cord & associates continued to buy Avco shares. Bankers Robert Lehman and William Averell Harriman, after their hot and losing proxy fight with Cord last autumn, had no heart to fight longer. Last week, when it became known that the Cord group had 1,100,000 of Avco's 2,800,000 shares, Richard Hoyt announced...
...General Counsel Raymond S. Pruitt; Lyndol L. Young, who grew up with Cord in Los Angeles, hunted squirrels with him on the site of the Ambassador Hotel, graduated from the University of Southern California and was for a time U. S. District Attorney. Mr. Cord brought him East last autumn...
...financial decay. Considering the general state of the automobile business, Studebaker had not done badly (loss for the first nine months of 1932 was $4,390,000). Last week it claimed assets exceeding liabilities by over $70,000,000. It entered a friendly receivership for technical reasons. Last autumn Studebaker attempted to acquire White Motor Co. (TIME, Sept. 26). When 95% of the White stockholders agreed, Studebaker borrowed $14,900,000 on its note to purchase the assets of White; then 3% of White stockholders protested, held up the transaction. Result: Studebaker, not yet having obtained title to White...
Seniors concentrating in physics must take two three-hour general examinations in the autumn. These examinations cover an elementary knowledge of light, heat, mechanics, sound, electricity, and atomic physics. The student prepares himself for them partly by a judicious selection of courses for the Sophomore and Junior years, and partly by work under the direction of his tutor...