Word: hards
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Rubenstein in his vigorous sketches has caught every activity of the miners and has portrayed it faithfully and realistically. It is to his great credit that, unlike most modern artists who are concerned with industrial scenes such as here, Rubenstein avoids any speculation on the hard lot of the workers and refuses to do any false propagandizing to improve their lot. He treats his subjects straightforwardly and takes the good and the bad alike as they come along...
...Refused to help the hard-pressed telegraph companies, as FCC denied their petition for a 15% rate increase. Like the railroads the U. S. wire companies currently suffer from increased costs, decreased income. In 1937 Western Union made only $3,325,000 on gross of $100,400,000. Postal Telegraph, which is in 77B reorganization, lost about as much on its land line operations. Rate cuts for night letters did little good and so last December the companies asked a fat step-up in domestic rates. Last week FCC gave no reason for saying...
Despite Richard Whitney's Groton & Harvard background, social connections, family tie-up with J. P. Morgan & Co., his brokerage business apparently went from one financial crisis to another. In 1926 he was so hard-pressed for funds that he hypothecated the funds of his wife's trust fund for a firm loan, subsequently repaid it. In 1929 his brother lent him $500,000. In 1930, same year he became president of the Exchange, Richard Whitney began misusing securities of the New York Yacht Club. By 1931, Depression had nicked him so badly that he used his position...
...loans-$50,000 from the Corn Exchange Bank, $75,000 from the Marine Midland, $75,000 from the National City, $100,000 from the Continental Bank & Trust, $80,000 from Public National-all against worthless stock in defunct companies. Apparently the Whitney front was so impressive that even these hard-boiled Manhattan banks never checked up on him at all. These loans he managed to repay...
...Harvard Varsity track team Saturday lost a hard fought, see-saw dual meet with Dartmouth at Hanover by the score of 71 3-5 to 63 2-5. It was the first Green track victory over Harvard in 26 years...