Word: conductivity
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...himself as an orchestral conductor as well. His quiet debut occurred last May in Mexico City, speedily became a triumph. Emboldened by the success of his first piano recitals in Mexico, Iturbi organized an orchestra of 75 "professors," inserted a small advertisement in a newspaper saying that he would conduct it. He describes the effect: "The people did not stay away. They broke down the doors and pushed aside the attendants, saying 'to hell with you!' and the ladies threw fans and the men cheered and some wept and they took 40 sticks away from me for souvenirs...
...President by the temporary-transfer, three days prior, of Dr. Moley from the State Department to the Justice Department. Internationalist Hull and Nationalist Moley have made poor bedfellows at the State Department. President Roosevelt turned his chief Brain Truster over to Attorney General Cummings for a month to conduct a survey of crime in general, kidnapping and racketeering in particular. Dr. Moley's new assignment was entirely logical inasmuch as he had made his principal pre-election reputation as a crime researcher in Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Missouri, Minnesota, Virginia, Georgia. President Roosevelt called him to Hyde Park...
...sensational newspapers to keep him posted on the developments of the search for him. . . ." Why should yellow newspapers be able to get and print such news? Editor Bingay was sympathetic. "A courageous police chief, a fearless prosecutor, or a high-minded judge who . . . fights against such outrageous newspaper conduct finds himself the storm centre of a lot of trumped-up charges. 'Oh,' says the yellow editor, 'you won't give us a break, hey? All right, we'll get you and get you good!' . . ." How put a stop to gangster pressagentry? Editor Bingay proposed...
Reports that Hitler was angered by the inclusion of Jews in the Festival company, invited by Frau Wagner, were dispelled by the presence of her son Wieland in Hitler's box, announcement that he would remain to hear Richard Strauss conduct Parsifal and Elmendorff's directing of the Ring cycle. Frau Wagner, to whom the Chancellor has often been rumored engaged, was busy backstage during the performance, did not join his party...
Last week the business conduct committee of the Chicago Board of Trade sent a questionnaire to brokers, asking for lists of all open accounts in rye of over 100,000 bu. Reason: suspicion of an attempted corner in rye. Grainmen scouted the idea of even a technical corner, but none of them denied that a major operation in the rye market had by last week boosted the price of that grain from 48? to over...