Word: bankes
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...system; 7) creation of state boards to increase French agricultural prices, starting with wheat; 8) repeal of numerous decree laws displeasing to the Socialists and Communists which were enacted under former Premier Pierre Laval (TIME, Dec. 16); 9) political amnesty and finally, 10) reform of the statutes of the Bank of France "to guarantee the preponderance of national interests in its managements." This last meant on its face that the famed "200 Families" who have long been accused of dominating France largely through control of its central bank and immensely complicated interlocking directorates are now to be scotched. Very many...
Chase National Bank's Assistant Cashier Mary Vail Andress reported that the ratio of investments to loans in Federal Reserve member banks had risen from 44% in 1925 to 150% in 1936. "From my reading of Biblical literature I infer that Eve was created for Adam's express company," observed Miss Andress. "From my readings of financial literature I infer that commercial banks now exist for the express purpose of financing Government deficits...
...demand our sovereign rights? . . . Capitalism is not a devouring monster, and all the bitter denunciations emanating from ignorant and prejudiced sources cannot alter the fact that America owes her supremacy in world affairs to capitalism. . . . Woman, of course, through her great ownership of insurance, trust funds, stocks, savings bank accounts, homes, is the greatest capitalist in the world. We mobilize to save this capitalism...
...Bronx, Policeman Harold Wilkins stopped the driver of a car for making an improper left turn, gave him a ticket, was mortified to learn a few moments later that the driver and his three companions had just robbed a bank...
...helpless as the Bank is today, the country will be better off without change if the Bank is only "reformed" to the extent of making it a political shuttle-cock. The strike and M. Blum's program have far-reaching effects in other than the national sphere, for France is essential to the delicate balance of European peace. Let there be one misstep--in connection with the Bank of France or elsewhere--then the whole foundation of European polity and security will crumble away...