Word: dillon
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...precisely 2:30 o'clock General Woodruff his staff, and the distinguished guests arrived from Dillon Field House, and were welcomed by a 18 gun salute from the line of 75's assembled on the far side of the field. The General, Conant, Lowell, Hallowell and Colonel Jay did the reviewing while Major Clarence inspected the troops...
...most of the 19th Century-from the early 1800's, when Dr. Redmond Dillon Barry of nearby Gallatin first imported an evergreen grass known as blue from his native Ireland, to 1882, when the great Iroquois (only U.S.-bred horse ever to win the English Derby) was retired to stud at nearby Belle Meade-Nashville was famed as "the cradle of the thoroughbred...
...Cowles management one of the changes for the Tribune papers was cancellation of all liquor ads, effective in 60 days. (The Cowles have a no-liquor advertising policy.) Also, the price of the realigned papers was boosted from 2? to 3?. The morning Tribune's Editor Thomas J. Dillon remained in charge, but the Cowles general staff moved into key positions on the paper: John Cowles as president, John Thompson as vice president and publisher, "Stuffy" Walters as vice president and executive editor. Having got the circulation of the evening Star-Journal up to 240,000, it remained...
Purchaser is an investment-banking syndicate headed by Morgan, Stanley & Co., Inc. and Dillon, Read & Co. which will pay $40,000,000 down and a balance to be determined by the distribution of new U. S. securities in the company...
Another major sport captain will be elected this afternoon when the six varsity swimmers who won their letters in the Yale meet get together for the squad picture at 4:30 o'clock in the Dillon Field House. The only Juniors eligible are Dick Harris and Tom Shrewsbury, both of whom are minor letter winners. A Sophomore might conceivably be elected from a trio of major letter winners. Bill Drucker, Bus Curwen, and Shaw McCutcheon...