Word: granted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...that Japanese troops be permitted to join the anti-Communist forces of Chinese Premier and Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek in any Chinese province into which these may be sent (TIME, Nov. 9). To this demand China's Chang replied that, while it would be premature for China to grant such rights to Japan in all Chinese provinces, the Chinese Government would permit Japanese military co-operation in assisting it to exterminate Communism and banditry in the Chinese provinces of Manchuria, Jehol, East Hopei and Northern Chahar. The point of this uproarious Chinese joke could not entirely escape even glum...
...broader question of SEC's grant of power, Attorney Jackson went into detail on the evils of holding company pyramids discovered in the Federal Trade Commission's survey of 2,300 utilities, on which the Utility Act was based. Conceding that Electric Bond & Share was not necessarily guilty of these evils, he observed that the Bond & Share texture was similar to those in which corporate bubbles had been known to form. He trotted out charts to show that 48% of the gas and 28% of the electricity distributed by Bond & Share's multitudinous subsidiaries were conducted across...
...Died. Grant McCargo, 72, onetime (1928-32) president of Standard Oil Co. of Pa., for 25 years head of Pittsburgh Hotels Corp.; in Pittsburgh...
Cars into Country. Most effective way of inoculating against unionism thus far discovered by the motormakers is to grant in some measure at least, what their workers really want. The union platforms call for stabilization of employment, which the companies are giving. They call for higher wage scales, which have been raised above the 1929 level, although the cost of living is still below that year. They call for annual earnings of $2,000 per worker. No small number of workers are already getting well over $1,500. They call for bonuses in proportion to profits. Chrysler voted...
...Grant flies after her, but, despite the violent efforts of a friendly gangster, finds Bennett adamant. Disheartened and drunk he ponders what to give her as a wedding present until he remembers her love of fire-engines and thrills. Forthwith he summons to the place of marriage the firemen, the police, the riot squad, an ambulance from every hospital, an undertaker, and various electricians, street repair men, and maintenance trucks. The ensuing riot not only convinces Bennett that Grant is the right man for her, but greatly amused the critic and the rest of the audience. Grant is a superb...