Word: gracing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Harriman, a onetime Louisville belle named Grace Carley, married a broker cousin of the late Railroader Edward H. Harriman 45 years ago, has since been a prominent Manhattan socialite. A large, determined, forthright lady, Mrs. Harriman thinks it is a shame that millions of U. S. dollars are exported for the Irish Hospitals Sweepstakes and other foreign lotteries when they might be kept at home. People who agree with her to the extent of paying $1 to join her Conference automatically become eligible to enter a "Selection Sweepstakes." Here they are called upon to display their skill and judgment...
...Angeles, proud little old Grace Warren Du Bois, "Last of the Warrens," self-styled descendant of William the Conqueror, was accused of murdering her son Dr. Charles Warren Du Bois, 32. The shriveled, plainfaced defendant wearily clung to the rail of the witness box, whispered: "My son was always afraid. I've never been afraid." Dully she insisted that a "mysterious young stranger'' had killed Charles Du Bois while he sat at breakfast. The State contended that Defendant Du Bois, angry at Charles's failure to measure up to his ancestry, had bought a .38 calibre...
Their defense of a practice which has been generally condemned by public and private authorities was hardly strengthened by the fact that Messrs. Grace & Irvin flatly contradicted each other in their opinion of what would happen to the steel industry if the basing point system were disturbed. Mr. Irvin foresaw a dire collapse in steel prices, fearful mortality among small steel companies. Mr. Grace blandly declared: "Doing away wim the basing point system would increase prices through a decrease in competition...
However, Messrs. Grace & Irvin were in perfect harmony on one subject-prospects for the steel industry over the next few months. Having suffered a sharp set-back during the period when Pittsburgh mills were under flood water, the industry last week more than recovered all lost ground, operations rising to 64½% of capacity. Iron Age, amazed by the demand for steel for immediate use. particularly from the auto mobile industry and construction projects in flood areas, predicted still further improvement in the most basic of U. S. industries. In Washington Messrs. Grace & Irvin revealed that their respective companies were...
...chairman is Horace Edward Lewis, an up-from-the-mill steelman, who was born in Wales 53 years ago. For 24 years he was with Bethlehem Steel, rising to executive vice president. Then, reputedly because Bethlehem was not big enough for both Eugene Grace and himself, he went to Jeffrey Manufacturing Co., big Columbus, Ohio machinery maker. Harddriving, dynamic, he is a smart salesman as well as an able operating executive...