Word: boarded
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Samuel J. Tilden had a clear majority of the popular vote cast in 1876. and a majority of the electoral vote until the honest result was nullified by the infamous report made by a 'returned board' manipulated by the Republican national administration...
...happily did Anaconda appear to be sitting on the top of the copper heap that few observers were conscious, last week, of Anaconda's troubles. But Chairman of the Board John D. Ryan and President Cornelius F. Kelly knew that, prosperity or no prosperity, two thorns remained in the side of Anaconda to irritate, exasperate. One thorn was George Campbell Carson. The other was William A. Clark...
...Union). Mightier still would be a combination of any two of them. But under the White Act, U. S. cable and radio companies may not merge. Surprising, piquant, therefore, was the admission of President Newcomb Carlton of Western Union last week, that he had conferred with Chairman of the Board Owen D. Young of Radio Corp., the subject being a possible, desirable merger...
Airways. The Western Air Express, Fokker Aircraft Corporation of America! and Universal Airways, Inc. President, Harris M. Hanshue; chairman of the board, James A. Talbot; designer and technician, Anthony H. G. Fokker. Capital involved: $15,000,000. Plans: 39-hour schedule between New York and Pacific Coast; 25-hour schedule between Pacific Coast and Hawaii...
...Clarence Saunders, head of the Piggly-Wiggly chain grocery stores, tried to corner his company's stock, had it thrown off the board, lost $4,000,000, went $300,000 in debt. Last week, Mr. Saunders said that he had $250,000,000 backing for a new $50,000,000 chain grocery organization...