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Nevertheless, at least a quarter-billion of corporate refunding is shortly expected. Southern California Edison is about to float $73,000,000 of 4% bonds-biggest issue ever registered. Union Oil has filed a $13,500,000 offering. And last week big corporations like American Rolling Mills, California Packing, Virginia Electric & Power, Pennsylvania R. R., Commonwealth Edison, Armour & Co. and Texas Corp. were all reported to be considering financing ranging in amounts...
Prayers for those that go down to the sea in ships will be offered tomorrow on the Newell float, and all shells will carry an image of Saint Christopher, it was learned late last night. These heroic measures seem necessary to obviate further fatalities in the dangerous sport of rowing--the last two days have provided a severe warning...
...launch was in attendance since the boathouse force had not yet had time to move them out of winter storage, the ice having broken away from in front of the float only yesterday morning...
...that more currency tinkering is being considered. Yet a few days ago Richberg assured a Boston audience "that there will be no inflation while Franklin D. Roosevelt is President." At the time the less gullible took this statement with a grain of salt, realizing that the Treasury wanted to float an extensive new bond issue. They further wondered if he knew what he was talking about when he said "When you talk about inflation, I suppose you mean just that--inflation...
Long Beach, Calif, advertised its choice of float queen for Pasadena's Rose Tournament parade on New Year's Day by: 1) popping svelte Virginia Johnson inside a crown of roses (see cut); 2) redundantly dubbing her "Goddess of Venus...