Word: chipping
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Control. In Washington, OPA announced that it would no longer regulate the prices of bird cages, aluminum horse shoes, ship bells, sleigh bells, artificial grass, poker-chip racks, safety air vents for wine fermentation, cat & dog beds...
...feigned sickness, passively resisted all orders. Told to cut down a tree, a Tobacco Roader would ask, "How do I do it?" Told to take hold of the ax, he would ask, "What do I do next?" Told to swing the ax, he would swing, cut out a small chip, inquire. "Now what...
Almost ancient now is the proposal to keep a juke box in Cowie. A spot survey showed a 100 percent willingness to "chip in" in order to keep Cowie filled with the strains of swing that greeted us on that one day. Wish someone could start the ball rolling. . . hint...
...Wall Street brokerage houses one day last week traders watched Louisville & Nashville Railroad common soar 7¾ points, close at $110-up $40 from its 1944 low. Two days later L. & N. directors decided to split the $100 par value blue chip stock two shares for one, the first major split in a rail stock since that...
Free for All. After many bruising tries, Stuart learned that he could not upset the established relationships between blue-chip companies and their regular bankers just by personal solicitation. The individualistic Stuart, determined to make LaSalle Street the equal of Wall Street, then began his clamor for competitive bidding-he wanted the securities business from which he was excluded thrown open to all comers. After eight years of Stuart drumfire, in 1941 the SEC decreed competitive bidding for utility holding company securities; and last May the ICC ordered competitive bidding for railroad bonds...