Word: establishments
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Daugherty investigation was devoted chiefly to calling ex-employees of the Department of Justice and trying to establish that certain alleged war graft cases had not been prosecuted for political reasons. One of the witnesses brought in the name of Secretary of War Weeks who, it was asserted, had withdrawn a case from the Department of Justice instead of allowing a claim for $5,000,000 to be prosecuted...
...lone exception to this state of exodus is the track squad, which will establish a patriotic precedent by refusing to desert the neighborhood of the Stadium, while their more adventurous and less sentimental brethren in the other branches of sport are languishing in Southern pastures...
...foreign affairs, France cannot evacuate the Ruhr before total payment of reparations. At home France wishes to re-establish the balance of her budget, to refrain from loans and to undertake no expenditure not covered by equivalent receipts...
...across the Atlantic, and James W. Swanson, radio expert, are members of the party. Hinton will take along a big seaplane for aerial exploration and to protect the expedition against the cannibals of the region by bombing, if necessary. Previous experiences of the Rices dictated this precaution. Swanson will establish a complete broadcasting and receiving station, WJS, at Boa Vista, on the upper Rio Branco, in Brazil, near British Guiana...
...date, neither General Electric nor Westinghouse have issued their annual reports for 1923, yet it is widely believed that in gross business and also in net profits both companies are likely to establish records. The growth of these two leading companies has been symptomatic of the electrical industry. Even in 1921, General Electric earned $15.90 per share, while in Westinghouse's worst year since the War, 1921-1922, earnings were $3.89 per share. Engineers regard the electrical industry still in its infancy. In the next decade, the building of "superpower" plants is confidently predicted, requiring vast amounts of electrical...