Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fire and figure things out. He figured to such good purpose that he continued to sit safe and prosperous at home while his kinsmen cleft each other to the brisket in various foreign parts. But his sons Skallagrim and Kol were chips of the older block. As long as they followed Thorlief's advice their forays were generally successful. But there came a day when his sons set out against his warning. The near-disastrous storm they ran into was only the start of their troubles. When they were finally shipwrecked on England's coast they found themselves...
...misapplication" of funds was the transfer of debt from the Bank of the United States to other companies personally controlled by Marcus and Singer. This was done largely through a huge loan, eight millions in excess of the legal limit, and through the sale to these affiliates of a block of stock at almost twice its book-value. For the sake of simplicity, only these operations were brought up by the investigators, though it was known that there were numerous other questionable deals. Faced with such magnificent swindling, it will seem to many that a sentence of only three...
...Iowa. Missouri, Minnesota, with others following fast. Before 10 a.m. the closing of all the security and commodity exchanges of Chicago and New York had been announced- all except the Livestock Exchange in Chicago, for livestock is perishable, its distribution must go on. By that hour the three-block-long factory of the American Bank Note plant in The Bronx was roaring with activity, with police at the doors to keep the inquisitive away. At 1 :oo p.m. 100,000 citizens whose banks were closed saw Citizen Roosevelt transformed to President...
Other Ideas from other witnesses: Publisher Paul Block-"I would suggest a coalition Cabinet ... a small manufacturers' sales tax ... a $4,000,000,000 bond issue for public works...
Walter Winchell, New York Mirror colyumist, had just filed his "On Broadway" from the Miami Western Union office when a messenger dashed in with the news from the park. Winchell sprinted straight to the jail where he talked his way up to the cell block and eavesdropped on the sheriff's examination of Zangara. He wired the Mirror that night that Zangara "gave every indication of being crazy...