Word: chases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Motoring home from mass last week with prayer book and rosary in his hands, Colonel Elisha Francis Riggs, chief of the insular police, heard a shot, gave chase to a man in a car. When police halted the runaway, another Nationalist popped up beside Colonel Riggs's car, shot him thrice, once through his prayer book, once through his chest, once through his head. He died within the hour...
Standard Brands made $12,746,000 in 1935 against a $13,888,000 profit in 1934. Built around Fleischmann yeast, Royal baking powder and Chase & Sanborn coffee, Standard Brands made some $87,750,000 in its six full years of business life. But the "Standard" brands have, in effect, standard prices which both competition and custom make difficult to raise. Consequently Recovery, with higher costs, has brought lower profit margins and a decreased profit. The common closed last week at $17.62, about 18 times 1935 earnings of 97? a share...
...hand in the speedy game which saw the individual work of the experienced Braeburn players completely outclassed by the fast teamwork of the Stubbsmen. The first line, with Art Duffey in place of Freddy Moseley, starred for the undergraduates, while Elliott T. Putnam, Jr. '30 and John P. Chase '28, both former Harvard captains, did the best work for the losers...
...chance in fifty of upsetting the League leaders, actually the Feslermen's chances are the best this year. Bill Gray, who was off his game in the Tiger encounter last Saturday, has been turning in stellar performances at practice and is expected to lead the Lions a merry chase. About the only disadvantage for Harvard will be the loss of Dick Wills, out with a cold, from his guard post...
However, Mr. Graustein had his own idea about this arrangement. He interpreted the board action as a vote of no confidence, sat down forthwith and wrote a three-page resignation. Having by repute no love at all for Chase National Bank, Mr. Graustein is supposed to have spied that institution's long hand behind the directors' attitude. Elected to succeed him was Kraftman Cullen. Even Mr. Graustein does not know where Mr. Cullen was born...