Word: blocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Rome and was showered with lavish gifts, including some small dogs which still yap at Addis Ababa. Forgotten today is the French reason for having initiated Ethiopia's blossoming into "nationhood" by joining the League: France thought Britain intended to seize Ethiopia and hoped by this means to block the seizure...
...last week a coroner's jury made up of five industrial engineers and a chemistry professor was sworn in over six dead bodies. Then they went out to the city's northwest side to learn, if they could, why a soy-bean processing plant occupying almost a block lay in smoking ruins, with scorched and mangled human flesh still inside. ''Obviously,'' said the coroner, "such an investigation could not be conducted by laymen...
...Fourth Liberties was made just two years ago. Exchange offers were accepted by holders of 90% of the bonds, the balance being paid in cash. Six months later another $1,250,000,000 of Fourth Liberties were called, and 87% of the bonds were exchanged. Still another block of $1,870,000,000 was called for payment last spring. That conversion was 83% successful. Later all outstanding First Liberties were called, involving $1,933,000,000. By this time the proportion of bonds exchanged-was down...
...salvage ships at hand last week when it was estimated more than 50 tugs were needed, officials of Merritt, Chapman & Scott Inc., No. 1 U. S. salvagers, decided to make the Rotterdam rescue herself. Lightening ship as much as possible, they sank eight 34½-ton anchors astern, ran block and tackles from each to the Rotterdam's winches. Then, with the two salvage ships helping somewhat, the stricken liner slowly dragged herself back into deep water. Towed off to Kingston at once, she was found virtually undamaged, was expected back in service in short order...
When J. P. Morgan & Co. put the Van Sweringen rail and real estate empire on the auction block last fortnight, it was knocked down to Midamerica Corp., the Cleveland bachelors' new top holding company, for $3,121.000 (TIME, Oct. 7).* Though they are still well able to maintain checking accounts, Messrs. Oris Paxton and Mantis James Van Sweringen needed help to buy back control of their vast possessions which had been taken over by the Morgan banking group for nonpayment of principal & interest on some $50,000,000 of notes. Last week Wall Street still buzzed with gossip about...