Word: german
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...endowment of $150,000 has been given to the University to found a chair of German Art and Culture, to be known as the Kuno Francke Professorship. The chair is named in honor of Kuno Francke, the founder and honorary curator of the Germanic Museum, now emeritus professor of German Culture. No incumbent has been named for the current academic year...
...many a U. S. investor this was vital news because in 1927 Dillon, Read & Co. painted out that the Deutsche Bank is closely connected with most of the leading German industrial and commercial enterprises. Not only did Dillon, Read sell $25,000,000 Deutsche Bank notes to U. S. investors, but some of the stock of this and of the Disconto has been bought with U. S. money...
Investors' enthusiasm for Dedi was not shared by German bank clerks. The great Deutsche Bank operates branch offices in 174 cities, has 14,000 employes on its payroll. There are some 50 branches of the Disconto Gesellschaft, a personnel of 7,000. With the announcement of the new merger came news that nearly half of these branch offices would be closed, in the interest of economy, some 2,000 employes of the two banks discharged. Dedibank was more thoughtful of its bank directors. The complete boards of both of the merging banks will sit at the meetings of Dedi...
...years Dr. Hans Sattler, shell-shocked German-born Hungarian engineer has lived in a quiet Budapest suburb, trying to forget the War. Daytime it was easy, but at night he could not sleep. Recently Dr. Sattler's neighbors began to worry about the young man. They found that he left home every night, returned each morning with sleepless eyes, unshaven, his clothes muddy. Last week a local surgeon and several of Dr. Sattler's friends waited until the shell-shocked engineer left his home, followed him at a distance until he disappeared in a neighboring wood. Hours later...
...Royal Scandal (German). Nobody in the little Bavarian town had noticed Frau Jugo until her drawers fell down one day in front of a church. As a partial result of this event her husband inexplicably received a medal from the local prince. Although the comedy is at times heavy and overplayed, in the approved Teutonic manner, it is at other times genuinely funny. Best shots: how a Bavarian Babbitt behaves in his office...