Word: chases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...early days of the Civil War, when Jay Cooke was a pious, 40-year-old, moderately successful Philadelphia banker, he wrote a frantic appeal to his brother in Columbus, Ohio: "I see Chase is in the Treasy, & now what is to be done-can't you . . . open a Banking house in Washn & be something respectable-or at least can't you inaugurate something whereby we can all safely make some Cash?" Unaware at that point were the Cooke brothers that they were about to become the greatest bankers in the country, to finance the greatest industrial enterprise...
...middle of 1861 the Treasury was having difficulty in selling Government securities. Cooke blandly sent a letter to Secretary of the Treasury Salmon Portland Chase, suggesting that he be made special agent to handle them, although he had only a small organization. With healthy caution, Cooke did not write letters directly to Washington officials. He sent them to his brother, who personally read them to the official concerned. For a number of reasons-including the failure of banks to handle the loans, bad set-backs to the Northern cause, the danger of war with England, as well as Cooke...
...French actress who recognizes Mrs. Simpson and tries to Kodak her gets a blow from the British bodyguard knocking her camera from her hand, her hat from her head. The Buick speeds in a westward zigzag around Paris, trying to throw newshawks off the chase. When Mrs. Simpson reaches Blois for the night the United Press correspondent blocks her Buick in the garage with his car, which he locks, and feels safe in dozing off in bed. But the Buick and Mrs. Simpson extricate themselves, speed on. She buys a French newspaper with the headline "King's abdication seems...
...James F. Gwynn discovered a reservoir of honey cached by a hive of bees behind his kitchen wall. Ingenious James Gwynn rigged up a pipe line from the hive to his breakfast table, now flavors his hot cakes from a little honey spigot directly above his plate. Chase...
...Wellsville, Kans., a group of hunters employed an airplane to guide them on a coyote chase. Together they bagged seven wolves, wounded Bank Cashier H. E. Detar with a shot in his heel...