Word: forwardness
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Despite Grouper Hamilton's expert stage-managing, there occurred a slip on Frank Buchman's 58th birthday last week. Arising at 4:45 a.m. for his "quiet time" of listening to God's directions, Founder Buchman looked forward to a day during which he would broadcast to England, the expenses to be paid as a birthday gift from his British followers. But that afternoon as Dr. Buchman was motoring to fulfill this engagement, the gasoline feed line of his automobile clogged, precious minutes passed and finally Grouper H. Kenaston Twitchell read the Founder's words into...
...ship"); the typically British kindness to animals in the ship's dog house where a fatherly sailor seemed busy all day petting, stroking, brushing; and the superb "front seat driver's view" of where the Queen Mary is heading obtained from the crescent-shaped bar forward...
...Editor Maurras was fined $6.50, sentenced to four months in jail on the grounds that a previous editorial had inspired a Royalist mob to give Leon Blum a cruel beating on a Paris street (TIME, Feb. 24 et seq.}. Last week Editor Maurras, who is stone deaf, rushed forward to the Judge's bench, began shouting his fears that Leon Blum would lead France into war against Italy. "If my threats of death have prevented war between France and Italy, may they be blessed!" he screamed, brushing back his hair and consulting a handful of notes. The presiding...
...Journal regained its Republican editorial policy, limped along under the jury-rig of a receivership, with able General Manager Robert H. Clagett keeping a tight grip on the helm. Last week when Roy N. Lotspeich, socialite president of Knoxville's big Appalachian Mills Co., came forward with $450,000, for which New Orleans' Canal Bank & Trust Co. turned over the paper's controlling interest, it was evident that the venerable Journal had once more sailed into calm publishing waters...
...maker of paperboard shipping containers and cartons in the U. S. Last year Container earned $1,238,000-its best showing since 1927, which was the first full year of the company's life. What President Paepcke will discuss with his stockholders this week is a longer step forward for Container than his cordial postcard. He proposes to issue 200,000 shares of new $50 par preferred stock. More than one-half of this issue will be sold at once, the rest later. With the proceeds President Paepcke will enter a field new to his company. Container will build...