Word: boosted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...fact that a spectacular young political upstart had bucked the old-line Democratic and Republican machines which traditionally divide Kentucky's rule between them, rolled up the biggest majority for Governor in State history. The New Deal gave Lieutenant-Governor Albert Benjamin ("Happy") Chandler a helpful boost toward the Governor's chair. Governor Ruby Laffoon & friends had planned to hand-pick a member of their machine for Democratic nominee at the usual party convention. But potent Kentucky New Dealers got busy on President Roosevelt and a pious letter from him, expressing hope that candidates would be chosen...
...Then he transferred the patent to a new concern of his own, granting the original operating company a manufacturing license, carried on their books at $3,250,000. Affiliates, dummies, acceptance companies, holding companies, securities companies began to sprout like weeds. And the patent was given another boost, this time...
...WPAdministrator Harry Hopkins, asked last week about Florida's demand for Federal funds to relieve destitute transients, cracked back: "If Governor Sholtz didn't boost the climate so much, he wouldn't have a transient problem...
...double reserve requirements which would nearly wipe out the current reserve surplus of $2,800,000,000 -base for ten times that amount of credit. Present excess reserves could also be sterilized if the Federal Reserve banks sold all their Government bonds. And the Federal Reserve may boost stockmarket margin requirements to 100%-cash trading...
...Presidential tip is as good for a rousing market rally today as it was in 1928 when Calvin Coolidge undertook to boost securities. Now, as then, stockmarketeers made the most of it. And they were greatly aided by an accompanying hail of other good news, including a pickup in steel buying, active retail trade, a big bulge in carloadings (see p. 56), re-entry of the House of Morgan into the securities business (see below) and pegging of Canadian wheat at 87½¢ per bu. General Motors reported a striking sales gain in August over July. General Electric boosted...