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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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Banks Bigger | 3/11/1929 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: The Tariff-Makers | 3/4/1929 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By D. M. K., | Title: The Crimson Playgoer | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FISCAL: Schedule 7 | 2/11/1929 | See Source »

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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Variations Jan. 28, 1929 | 1/28/1929 | See Source »

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