Word: depressionitis
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Velde, 42, is a lawyer who worked his way through the University of Illinois law school in mid-Depression, repairing radios on the side to meet expenses. During the war he joined the FBI, was assigned to the important anti-sabotage unit which kept a watch on the Communist cell...
With American industry, McGraw-Hill continued to expand, and sometimes a popular department in one magazine budded into a new magazine, e.g., when one of the departments in Chemical Engineering grew too big, it became Food Engineering. Under Jay McGraw, the company made its only attempt-with Science Illustrated-to...
In the decades that followed, Jeffries led a good life. He was canny with money, never wanted, and during the Depression supported from 30 to 40 needy men on his California ranch. He was an honored citizen of Burbank, and as he grew older, liked to get his vast bulk...
The only yelps, in fact, have gone up from the builders. Opposing the program from its infancy in the depression, groups like the Mortgage Bankers Association and the National Association of Home Builders have perennially contributed to Republican campaign coffers so they could some day help select the housing chief...
The ore deal, biggest Inland has ever made, was quite a comeback for Cy Eaton, who has been in many hot spots but has proved as durable as the phoenix. In the '20s he built a Midwest empire of steel, rubber and iron ore, only to lose control of...