Word: camped
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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President Hoover stayed on an extra night at his camp when his telephone line was cut in on a call from Paris to the State Department and he heard Secretary Stimson report: "The atmosphere here is good. There is nothing at the moment to be pessimistic about. The meeting of the French Premier and German Chancellor was perfectly pleasant and agreeable...
President Hoover first announced his debt holiday plan last month on a Saturday. Then he hurried off to his Rapidan camp for a weekend rest. Early Monday morning he started back to Washington. At Warrenton, Va., he stopped his car, bought an early edition of the Washington Post. As he began to read it, his eye fell on a story in which the political effects of his action were discussed by the impartial United Press. Set forth was the obvious fact that the President's proposal had greatly improved his prestige and helped his chances of reelection...
...shareholders has complained vociferously about the financial ramifications of the deal. Last week 18 attorneys were present as the first hearings were begun on a suit by which the minority hopes to have certain directors return $21,000.000 to the company. Directors who must defend their directing include King Camp Gillette, formerly of Boston, now listed as "of Hollywood"; Banker John Edward Aldred of Aldred & Co.; Frank J. Fahey, former general manager of Gillette; Banker Philip Stockton of Boston...
...loss claimed to have been caused when the directors ordered the company to buy 214,000 shares of its own stock at an allegedly excessive price. Some of this stock was bought from a pool operated by the directors. Since then each director, with the exception of King Camp Gillette who is said to have made $1,000,000 in the deal, has returned his profits to the company...
...British .22 calibre rifle team: a match against the U. S., at Bisley Camp, England, 3,927 to 3,925 ¶Eleanor Holm, slim, blonde-haired swimming champion: a new world's record (4 min., 47 sec.) for the 300 metres back stroke, surpassing her own previous record of 4 min., 49 2/5 sec.; at Glen Cove...