Word: dows
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great bull market stumbled to its knees last week. In five days stocks, as rated by the Dow-Jones industrial average, took their worst spill in 15 years. The selling started slowly on the first day of the week. Next day, as brokers crowded around the 18 trading posts of the New York Stock Exchange, the trickle of sales turned into a deluge. On four out of five days prices dropped, volume soared as high as 4,590,000 shares a day, highest daily total since the beginning of the year...
Last week, as the Dow-Jones industrial average hit a new high of 419.68, the friendly study got under way in the Senate caucus room. First witness was President G. Keith Funston of the New York Stock Exchange. Neatly turned out in a grey plaid suit, Funston started testifying nervously, polished off two full pitchers of water before lunch. But as he worked through his scholarly study of why the market has risen, he relaxed, realizing that he was indeed among friends. There were plenty of reasons why demand for stocks has gone up so fast, said Funston. Among them...
...public address system will now make it possible for lectures in Sanders Theater to be heard by audiences in Memorial Hall and two other University buildings, Richard H. Dow, assistant chief electrician, said yesterday...
...hookup between the auditoriums was arranged to avoid recurrences of the near-riot which occurred last November when more than 5,000 people had to be turned away from Arnold J. Toynbee's lecture, Dow said...
Waterproof Shoes. The Dow Corning Corp., jointly owned by Dow Chemical and Corning Glass, has developed a silicone product that will make leather virtually waterproof. First use of the chemical (trade name: Sylflex) will be for shoes. The Charles A. Eaton Co. will use it on golf shoes; Endicott Johnson Shoe Corp. will try it on a combination work-and-sports boot. Treated shoes will shed water, still allow air to come through to cool the foot...