Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Engaged. Claire E. Giannini, daughter of Amadeo Peter Giannini (Bank of Italy); and Clifford ("Biff") Hoffman, onetime (1928) captain of Stanford University's football team; at San Mateo, Calif...
Married. Robert W. Daniel, president of Liberty National Bank in New York (Manhattan), and Mrs. Charlotte Bemiss Christian, niece of the late John Skelton Williams, onetime (1914-21) Comptroller of the Currency; at Richmond, Va. When the Titanic rammed an iceberg and sank in 1913, he rescued and later married Mrs. Lucien P. Smith, wife of onetime Representative Smith of West Virginia, who drowned in the disaster...
...common with most British fiscal authorities Viscount Rothermere blamed the present London Exchange break-which has undoubtedly depressed many sound shares below their real value-on "the Hatry crash and the increase in the Bank rate."* Throughout the week all Britain continued agog over the astounding collapse of the numerous corporations fathered by daring, astute, masterful Clarence Charles Hatry. He sat in jail. But so many great personages are involved (Exhibit A: the Marquis of Winchester, chairman of one of the companies in the Hatry group) that details of the liquidation were kept hushed with a success only possible among...
...bounteous brothers held valuable contracts from the Berlin municipal government for clothing, uniforms, hospital linen. Unfortunately Sklarek commissions could not keep up with the cost of Sklarek champagne. The Sklareks "arranged" for cash advances to the sum of $2,000,000 from Berlin's municipally operated City Bank...
Last week, Schulte-United 5? to $1 Stores was forced to borrow money at 10% by offering stockholders 7% bonds at 70. Instead of having a bank underwrite the issue, it was done by Mr. Schulte himself. Also last week it was announced Schulte Associate George J. Whelan had sold his interest in the 5? to $1 stores. While at the height of the 1928 Schulte boom it was predicted the stores would have soon 1,000 or 3,000 units, there were last week less than...