Word: chryslers
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Tennyson asked, "Ah, why should life all labor be, why should we only toil, the roof and crown of things?" Spring is when seniors try to get worried about Divisional and can't, but only about studying for them; when Juniors feel that here is nothing quite like a Chrysler and a bottle of Rye, when Sophomores first realize they must have studied before, because they need a rest now, when Freshmen write five page letters to Dobbs Ferry. You know, my dear, that Spring is here when all the College pages Reinhart, when the Pops begin, when there...
...bulk of the fortune. Among the assets were worthless stocks of 53 corporations, nearly as many personal notes of no value. His interest in the Miami dog-race track, which cost him $250,000, was sold for $10,000. For his yacht Maxine (purchased from Walter P. Chrysler) the estate received...
...three were going into action. Henry Ford was preparing for actual shipments of his much publicized new models and showing the V-8 in 200 cities. General Motors started what it was pleased to call "perhaps the most gigantic program ever attempted by an industrial enterprise to stimulate business." Chrysler announced a new Plymouth described by Walter P. Chrysler as America's "more-for-the-dollar...
...having yielded that position in 1930 to U. S. Steel. Interesting comparisons were that International Nickel is more popular now than American Smelting; Safeway Stores i? ahead of Woolworth; Loew's ahead of Paramount-Publix; National Dairy ahead of Borden. Stocks gaining in popularity included American Light & Traction. Chrysler, Drug, First National Stores. General Foods, United Gas Improvement. Decreases were shown in the number of trusts holding Aluminum Co., American Radiator, Anaconda, Electric Bond & Share, General American Tank, International Telephone, Kennecott, Kreuger. Radio, Western Union, Westinghouse. Total shareholdings in American Machine & Foundry, Commercial Solvents, Continental Can, Deere, United Corp...
...Rochester, N. Y. a quiet old lady who dresses mostly in black was told that her son had become President. ''I am very happy to hear the news," said Mrs. Catherine Wheelwright. She bore Eamon de Valera where Manhattan's Chrysler Building stands today. The President's father (a Spaniard) is dead and so is his stepfather, Mr. Wheelwright. Several times Eamon de Valera has visited his old mother in Rochester...