Word: fell
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Chicago Board of Trade, the grain markets of St. Louis and Kansas City were closed to prevent a buying panic. The New Orleans' Cotton Exchange stayed open and the price of cotton jumped $1 a bale. The New York Stock Exchange likewise continued to function, although the ticker fell eleven minutes behind sales. The stock of the Baltimore & Ohio-the gold clause of whose bonds had been specifically invalidated by the decision-soared from a forenoon price of 10 to 15. Other railroad stocks made similar gains; the market seethed...
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, manacled between two guards, managed to walk from the Flemington courtroom after the death sentence had been passed on him last week. But as he was being led into his cell his knees gave way. The steelyeyed, German ex-convict crumpled, fell on his face. The guards dragged him to his cot. As he lay there, he broke down for the first time since his indictment last October for willfully killing the Lindbergh baby. "Oh, my God," he sobbed, "I feel awful...
...through the War with the Irish Guards, go bankrupt in 1918 owing ?300,000. Already separated from his chorus girl Duchess, he succeeded to the Dukedom in 1922. To recoup his fortunes the Duke of Leinster sold stock in himself as "The Dukedom of Leinster Estates, Inc." The Duchess fell in love with a 26-year-old cook named Stanley Williams...
...recruiting officer. The officer took his application, which asked assignment to the aviation service, gave him a 5-franc piece. Lest Lord Edward turn back, his sister, Lady Louise, put him on a train with soap and toothbrush. In barracks at Toul, between a pair of Saar refugees he fell downstairs, dislocated...
Yale and Princeton also fell prey to the deft Crimson racquet-wielders, and the team, coached by Harry Cowles, can be said to have had a most successful season. A few players are now aiming for the Intercollegiates, although the entries are still uncertain...