Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...firm and friendly contact with the silent powers of his party, Mr. Smith heard strong talk against a Roosevelt nomination. Men like Bernard Mannes Baruch did not think the Governor, if nominated, could win. Men like Mrfc Baruch looked appealingly toward Mr. Smith. Somebody had to step in, said they, if Roosevelt was to be headed off. Why not the Brown Derby again? Mr. Smith wondered why not. What if he had said he would not seek office? His friends wanted him. He had taken a bad beating in 1928 when times were good. By rights, he could tell himself...
Died. John George Milburn Jr., 52, retired member of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn, Manhattan law firm; brother of Polo Player Devereux Milburn; suddenly of an internal hemorrhage; in Manhattan...
...Sears, Roebuck dividend. Commentators saw this omission as the company's opinion that the grain markets will not rally soon. Principal grains last week had lost their recent advances and were slumping to new lows on good weather reports. Cotton held its gains more tenaciously. Oil was firm but the bright spot in commodities last week was a 13-day advance in raw sugar futures which whipped the price from 57¢ to 90?...
...Powers called to protest a decree not yet issued. In the thick of the fog labored large, astute, easy-mannered U. S. Ambassador William Smith Culbertson. After having had to deal with Rumanians as U. S. Minister at Bucharest, Mr. Culbertson rather likes Chileans. His protests last week were firm, not angry. He had done his best when the Davila Government finally handed him their decree, reading significantly in part...
...Cabinet, and Defense Minister Colonel Marmaduke Grove. The sudden "illness" of General Puga was invoked as an excuse for not announcing Don Carlos' resignation. Taking the standoffish attitude of a soldier who thinks civil matters should be left to civilians, Col. Marmaduke Grove said: "I declare emphatically the firm determination of the Army & Navy not to mix in politics but to continue fulfillment of their duty in protecting the Socialist Republic." General Puga, mum as an owl, retired...