Word: corn
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Rumors. Most frequently repeated stories were: That the Guaranty Trust Co. and National Bank of Commerce combine would be extended to include the Corn Exchange Bank; that First National would merge with Bankers' Trust; that National City would merge with Equitable Trust Co.; that Chase National would unite with Brooklyn Trust Co. Then there was a truly robust rumor that linked Guaranty Trust Co., National Bank of Commerce, Bankers' Trust and First National in a Morgan-group merger that would be the super bank of all the world. The rumors were all denied and seemed to consist...
Cotton, Copra, Broom Corn, Vegetable Oils, Hides. The American Farm Bureau Federation asked for duties on all these things as well as on bananas and horse-radish (above...
...feels sorry for Richard Dix in this picture for as Wingfoot, a Navajo chief's son, he obviously attempts to save the weak plot by good acting. Gladys Belmont, as Corn Blossom, princess of a tribe opposing the Navajos, and incidentally a newcomer to the screen also does a fine piece of work...
Unexpected products held the spotlight. Instead of a storm about corn, fresh tomatoes caused a furore. Mexican production was described as a menace. Italian growers were paying their hired help 43¢ a day compared to labor cost of 25 to 35¢ an hour...
Arriving in Hollywood, Will Hays, interviewed on censorship, said: "Motion pictures are just as necessary in their way as agriculture. . . . Any effort to censor and cut . . . is as great an outrage as to cut the tender tips of newly sprouting corn...