Word: banke
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Drew Pearson revealed in one of his columns early in 1945, the motives for the British policy in Greece were at least partly linked to the fact that Hambro's Bank of London, the chief British creditors of Greece . . . had bailed Winston Churchill out of bankruptcy...
Last week in London, Adamic and his publishers, Harpers, decided that they had been taken for a ride on Drew Pearson's glittering "Washington Merry-Go-Round." It cost them an estimated $20,000. It was proved in court that Churchill had never been under obligation to the bank. To every person in England who was sent a copy of the book, Harpers promised to send a correction and an apology. Author Adamic had never asked Merry-Go-Rounder Pearson to prove his statement, and had added the footnote after Harpers had accepted the final proofs...
...farmer and his son laboriously grading a small field with the help of a decrepit old mule. The sight was a common one in the South, and it was not new to Robert Marion Strickland, 50, president of Atlanta's Trust Co. of Georgia (main Coca-Cola bank). But he had just been visiting a well-heeled farmer friend who had cleared and graded a 30,000-acre farm in a short time with heavy machinery. Bob Strickland decided on the spot to bring the benefits of machinery to the 144,000 little fanners in Georgia...
They could not afford to buy such machinery. But if the fees were reasonable, they could rent it. Strickland had his bank advertise for veterans who wanted to go into such a business, granted them loans of $10,000 to $20,000 with which to buy farm equipment. He invited country banks all over the state to join him, offered to underwrite loans up to 50%. The new farm contractors also got the free advice of an agricultural expert Strickland had hired to show them how to do their job and improve the soil while doing...
Encouraged by the success of contractors like the Bells, the Trust Co. of Georgia took another step to improve Georgia agriculture. This week the bank decided to spend $25,000 a year on a Robert Strickland Memorial Agricultural Fund, to promote better farming...