Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...taken place, Mr. Barnes would probably have remained in Duluth with his firm, Barnes-Ames Co., big grain exporters, spending spare time in rowing, hunting, and riding. But in 1917 he went to Washington as head of the U. S. Food Administration Grain Corp., and became friendly with another $1-a-year man, Herbert Hoover. In 1922 he became president of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and during his two terms gave the organization power and prestige previously lacked. Since 1924 he has been its chairman, has continued in business as a grain dealer...
...which constitute one-third of the industry's total in miles flown (TIME, Dec. 30). Now Mr. Coburn is called in to tune up the manufacturing aspect of the business, to align the personnel throughout. That is the work he specializes in - "Management Engineering." He belongs to the firm of Sanderson & Porter, whose clients include Federal Light & Traction Co., Na tional Distillers Products Corp., American Sumatra Tobacco Corp., American Water Works & Electric Co. Mr. Coburn's special ability has been enlisted before now by the directorates of R. Hoe & Co. (printing presses), Savage Arms Corp., International Gear...
Money lenders to sovereign States are the firm of Kreuger & Toll, financing company of "The Swedish Match Trust...
...face of a commodity decline which has caused such losses in the past five months as 15% for wheat, 16% for silver, 13% for lead, copper long stayed firm at 18?. Last week, two days before the first anniversary of the 18? level, copper dropped to 14?. In actual size, this 22% reduction is a tremendous one, perhaps the biggest single drop ever recorded in any commodity. But the news was neither surprising nor alarming, for 18? copper had lately been becoming more a theory than a fact...
Architect's plans for the new Faculty Club to be built on the site of the old Colonial Club, between Quincy and Prescott Streets have been completed by the Boston firm of Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch, and Abbott, designers of the House units now under construction, it was announced yesterday. Georgian lines have been incorporated into this latest addition to Harvard's buildings in order to harmonize with the other buildings in the vicinity...