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When in 1928 the famed Boston-born firm of Lee, Higginson prepared to issue millions of Kreuger securities to U. S. investors, it naturally demanded an audit of the Kreuger business. It was persuaded by Ivar Kreuger?one of the most charmingly persuasive men who ever lived ?that it was not necessary for a U. S. firm to audit his vast affairs. He had not only one but three great Swedish firms of auditors which over a period of years and throughout the civilized world had learned how to keep track of the globe-girdling assets and liabilities...
...dinner at Dunster House on Tuesday, April 12, at 6.30 o'clock, President Lowell will speak on "The Trouble in the Far East." The last speaker at the House was J. L. Lowes, Francis Lee Higginson Professor of English Literature, who spoke on February...
Delivering the last of the lectures in connection with the Goethe centenial, Bliss Perry, Francis Lee Higginson professor of English Literature, emeritus, will speak at 8 o'clock tonight in Sanders Theatre on the subject, "The Road to Weimar". The Pierian Sodality and the Harvard Glee Club will render musical selections as a part of the program, which is under the direction of the Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures...
While Matchman Kreuger made no matches in the U. S., he raised much cash there. Through his U. S. bankers, Lee, Higginson & Co., the Kreuger companies floated about $200,000,000 worth of securities in the past few years. These issues include an issue of participating Kreuger & Toll debentures which are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For some months the Kreuger securities have been weak and on his last visit Ivar Kreuger spent much time consulting with market manipulators. Last week the Kreuger & Toll shares were especially weak, dropping from $7? to $5 on tremendous volume...
...Cannon, George Higginson Professor of Physiology, will be a guest at dinner at John Winthrop House this evening. Afterwards, in the Senior Common, at 7.30 o'clock, Dr. Cannon will talk on a subject in which he is perhaps the country's leading authority, "Mechanisms of Bodily Stabilization...