Word: hills
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Holds upon hill and valley, rock and slate...
...political secretary, Walter Hughes Newton, calling from the Capitol. Mr. Newton said that the second session of the 71st Congress would adjourn in one hour or less. The President, in dinner jacket, summoned Secretary of War Hurley and together they motored to the Capitol. Such trips to "the Hill" are pure courtesy on the President's part. There is no constitutional reason for him to sign bills before adjournment...
...apartment on Charles Street every evening at 10 o'clock, walk to the corner drug store, toss down a milk shake, Coca Cola or lime phosphate. Once he set Baltimore tongues to wild wagging by escorting Mrs. Willebrandt to the opera. He failed to convict John Philip Hill, flagrantly Wet onetime Congressman, for public home-brewing in Baltimore...
Last week, indeed, George Washington Hill, able and aggressive American Tobacco president and dictator, announced a 2-for-1 stock split, an increase ($8 to $10) in dividends, and a doubling of 1930 profits over 1929. Yet American Tobacco stockholders have been asked to approve an increase in common and common B stock from 3,000,000 to 6,000,000 shares, with an extra dividend of $4 on the old stock and a $5 dividend on the new. In 1929 American Tobacco showed net earnings of $30,182,669; on the basis of the 100% net increase announced...
...Hill specifically credited advertising with the greater portion of American Tobacco's 1930 success. He referred proudly to the editorial quality of his advertising, judged that it was effectively competing, in reader interest, with the non-advertising columns of the publications in which it appeared. Not surprising was his accent on newspaper advertising, since the Lucky Strike campaign has been essentially a newspaper effort, supplemented by magazine pages but relying upon its daily appearance for its greatest effect. Mr. Hill added that his 1930 advertising appropriation had been increased over 1929 by $2,300,000; an increase which would...