Word: controls
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...fact finding capacity, the Commission did not confine itself merely to gathering statistics, but also drew general conclusions. The more important points of the report follow: ¶Existing property rights in anthracite mines should not be abolished either by Government purchase or by expropriation. ¶The Government should exercise control of the industry and also, if at any time the supply of anthracite is cut off by labor troubles or otherwise, the President should be empowered to declare an emergency, take over the mines temporarily, fix wages, mine, transport and distribute coal. ¶The retail price of anthracite has practically...
...specific charges. Although defeated, Dr. Straton and his friends promised to return again with written and specific charges against liberal missionaries. The significance of the struggle is that the Fundamentalists, having failed to force a creed on either the Northern or Southern Baptist conventions, are now trying to capture control of missionaries, and missionary doctrine, thus assuring the future of Fundamentalism in at least one section of the Baptist Church. St. Paul journeyed to Damascus on much the same kind of a heresy hunt...
...shares of Stutz which he then held. The purchaser was the Guaranty Trust Co., which later sold the stock to a syndicate composed of Charles M. Schwab and others for $20 a share?the price at which it had been auctioned. Mr. Schwab has since that time been in control of the company...
Railroads? In 1920 Mr. Ford paid $385,000 for the control of the Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad, and financiers said he was paying just exactly that sum for "worthless paper." The gross income for the first five months of 1923 is stated as being $4,156,877, which is more than the D. T. & I. took in during any of the full years 1916 to 1919. And the annual earnings for the road this year are figured at $1,530,000, which, allowing for all taxes, should give a net income of over...
...gone are the days when mechanics had to swing a propeller painfully and dangerously and many times. Passengers are partially enclosed and protected from wind and rain, yet have a magnificent view. The inside of the cabin is like the inside of a high-class automobile. Every detail of control, seating and power plant installation is perfect. Mooring rings and anchor provide for any kind of emergency landing. When a ship such as the Graylark is compared with the seaplanes used during the War, such as the HS-2, equipped with the same Liberty motor, but painfully making...