Word: comly
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Ernst Udet was an ace second only to famed Baron von Richthofen. An Iron Cross man and squadron com-mander at the age of 22, he was credited with bringing down 62 Allied planes-by himself. Lately he has devoted himself to cinema, was featured as the flyer in Ufa's The White Hell of Pitz Palu...
Early editions of Science & Health have long commanded high prices from sensa-tion-mongers who have been planning to circulate the more startling passages. Photostat departments at public libraries com- plain that they are overwhelmed by the demand. Meanwhile Christian Science spokesmen declare that their chief interest in the vestal bill was their desire to protect their newspapers and magazines throughout the world...
From those who lend money for com- mercial enterprises, the Industrial Revolution in the 18th Century erased the last stigma; banking became a noble, honored profession. But much longer did there remain feeling against the moneylender who finances wage-earners with little loans. In 1928, Wall Street was genuinely surprised to hear that the old, conservative house of Lee, Higginson & Co. was offering stock in Household Finance Corp., a company whose business consists of lending $100 to $300 at 2½% a month...
Mail Order Insurance. Exciting to the insurance trade was news last week that 13 officials of Sears. Roebuck & Co. had acted as incorporators of a new insurance company. Called All-State Insurance Co., the firm will write accident, health, burglary and theft insurance as well as com- plete automobile coverage. Carl L. Odell, Chicago insurance broker, is reported to be the chief sponsor of the new company. He said last week that, first of all, automobile insurance will be solicited from Sears, Roebuck employes. But no imagination was required to see Sears, Roebuck adding insurance to its big mail-order...
...issue on which the war will be fought is a proposal to move the com- pany's offices from Calumet, Mich., to Manhattan. Loudly does President Campbell oppose this. He warns shareholders that the move would hasten the long-rumored Calumet-Phelps-Dodge merger, which he strenuously decried last week...