Word: controllers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Flood Control. Simplicity wore a wry mask when the President wrote: "The Government is not an insurer of its citizens against the hazard of the elements. We shall always have flood and drought, heat and cold, earthquake and wind, lightning and tidal wave, which are all too constant in their afflictions. The Government does not undertake to reimburse its citizens for loss and damage incurred under such circumstances. It is chargeable, however, with the rebuilding of public works and the humanitarian duty of relieving its citizens in distress...
...President pointed out that the Mississippi's right-of-way through the flooded states was a liability as well as an asset. He recommended that the flooded states be required to pay for as large a portion of the flood control program as possible, in common justice and to ensure local interest in public expenditure...
...rival gangster who has overstepped one of the underworld boundary lines which divide all Chicago into four parts (TIME, Mar 21). So many innocent bystanders have been shot down by gang warriors in Chicago that Chicagoans have great respect for Mr. Capone. The vice syndicate he is reputed to control is supposed to clear 75 millions per annum. "Scarface Al" is proud of his record but not of all his reputation. That was why he was plaintive, even glum, at his press reception last week. That was why he said...
Public Utilities. The Pacific Gas & Electric Co. sent letters to stockholders of the Coast Valleys Gas & Electric Co., the Western States Gas & Electric Co. of California and the Western States Gas & Electric Co. of Delaware announcing that it had bought control of those companies and intended to merge them. Recipients of the letters might trade their stocks for stock in the Pacific Gas & Electric Co. or might sell them...
...probably vain attempt to render less uninteresting an article which is primarily statistical, a few matters of interest are mentioned, including the names of the several coaches with the years in which they were in control...