Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Costigan of Colorado; then a bird of somewhat different plumage - Rudolph Spreckels of San Francisco. The fact which makes Mr. Spreckels' plumage outstanding is that he is a millionaire. He is the eleventh son of the late Claus Spreckels, Sugar King. He is President of the First National Bank of San Francisco, the First Federal Trust Co., the Real Property Investment Corp. and Vice President of the Universal Electric & Gas Co. Furthermore, he de- scribes his chief occupation, in Who's Who, as "reformer." Both as a reformer and as a millionaire he should prove useful...
...Bank failures in the Northwest dropped off 30% in May and another 25% in June. Of the 342 banks which closed during the first six months of the year, already a score, at least, have been reopened by the Agricultural Credit Corporation?the $10,000,000 body organized by private capital last Spring at President Coolidge's request...
...past week saw no new devel- opments in the U. S. There was a continuation and even a deepening of tendencies already recognized. Wheat continued to soar in one of the most sensational recoveries on record. Farmers were cheerful. Rural bankers breathed easier, and bank failures in the West were halted. Mail-order houses, farm implement people and others who sell to farmers reported a distinct turn for the better. North and middle west- ern roads were optimistic because of increased freights, not only of grain going east but heavier farmers' purchases going west. In the Atlantic states, business...
...bound up with Mr. G. F. Baker's vain attempt to take a vacation. Mr. Baker is too important a factor in financial affairs to remain long away from the dingy brick building at the corner of Wall Street and Broadway which houses the First National Bank. Mr. Baker is now en route from Europe-another at- tempted vacation ruined. Again, the cause for his return is the great Van Sweringen railroad mergers. The "Lords of Erie" have in their day been greatly varying types of men. No greater contrast can be imagined than that between Jim Fiske...
...Bank, N., J., sport writers discovered a different scene. In the garage of the Shrewsbury Golf Club, attentively watched by admiring natives, Tunney raced through his work, flew at sparring partners chosen for their speed, appeared to be glorying in every exercise. Critics had said he lacked the "killer instinct." He belied the criticism. Experts had said his left hand would be his greatest asset. He gave promise of justifying the prediction. After the workouts, talk was of golf and real estate, Mr. Tunney's avocations...