Word: greatly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Henry S. Pickands, 53, of Cleveland, Great Lakes coal, ore and shipping tycoon (Pickands, Mather & Co.); in his Cleveland office; of heart attack...
...formally voted next week) which has more relative importance to the corn belt than the recent stupendous bank mergers in Manhattan, Chicago or San Francisco have to their districts. It means that small metropoles-and Des Moines is typical of several-are moving against dependence upon the great financial centres. It means too that the half-billion and billion-dollar banks must look increasingly to the country's greater corporations and to foreign commerce for their business. The banks of smaller cities are tending to look after their regional affairs...
...West, where distances are great there are already deluxe filling stations, each of which represents no small fortune in invested capital, where any motorist can have his car fueled, washed, greased and mechanical adjustments made, all while he is buying tires or any kind of auto accessory that takes his fancy...
...been based on expected revenue from telephone conversations with Buenos Aires. The point is that A. T. & T. is in a position to take the lead in any major telephone merger that may develop, and every time A. T. & T. and I. T. & T. do something together a great dream is revived...
...event that started the dream was a great communications merger in England, the formation of Cables & Wireless Ltd., the stock of which was traded in for the first time last month. Into that merger the British poured four great cable systems (including one government-owned), the government beam wireless system and the great British Marconi Co. The merger has a huge liquid capital. It owns cable and wireless systems which girdle the globe...