Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pine tree on the hills of Maryland-through many summers' heats and winters' snows, Felled, carted, quartered, sawn, a metamorphosis within a week. And then a century buried deep within the White House walls, Unseen, unsung, but one of myriads holding firm together the storied structure. Until, a new age came and replaced steel for wood, then months upon the dump, The dump cart actually arrived jor one last ride- And then a rescue...
Helen's Home. George II and George V, as every Rumanian knows, are firm friends. Last week the deposed King of Greece (still rated a king by the British Court) was in Bucharest with his sister Helen, the divorced Queen of Rumania. Gossip buzzed fiercely that George II was backed by George V. Allegedly the British King Emperor has sent a "sharp message" that unless scapegrace King Carol of Rumania adopts a different attitude toward the Queen who is no longer his wife, she, Queen Helen, will be invited to reside in England under the august protection...
...make the U. S. great upon the sea, formed an alliance with Hamburg-American Line. Thwarted in the fulfillment of this, he has endeavored to place the name of Harriman in the air as his father did upon the land, and last year his firm together with Lehman Bros, and others backed Aviation Corp. His other interests are many, include important rail-road directorates. The firm was one of the first to enter Europe after the War, made many a loan in Germany. It has been active in Polish financing, and financed Silesian zinc mines with the Anaconda group...
...different has been the history of Brown Bros. & Co., as antiquely respectable among financial houses as Brown's Hotel of London is among hostelries. It was formed in 1825 by Alexander Brown, previously a linen merchant, and in 1833 devoted itself exclusively to finance. For 75 years the firm has been friendly with all Scandinavian countries. In England it is well known through its associate, Brown, Shipley & Co., in which Montagu Norman was a partner before he became head of the Bank of England. In Brown Bros, originated the Traveler's Letter of Credit. From the day when the first...
...member is 32-year-old John W. Pope, quiet, softspoken, independent student of values and a firm believer that stocks will seek their values, up or down. All Wall Streeters were glad the Exchange had found Member Pope, who represents the highest type of bull or bear, innocent...