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...double-edged huff, President Hoover and President-elect Roosevelt parted company last week on U. S. foreign policies. As a result any War Debt settlement went over until after March 4. In his special message to Congress last fortnight President Hoover said he wanted to make a combined attack on debts, disarmament and world economics by means of an executive commission. To that end he proposed again to seek the co-operation of his successor who, after their White House meeting of last November, had already refused to support his methods. Between the White House and the Executive Mansion...
...Gold Room" of the Queen City Club, the Post's society editor found herself secluded from the guests, at a table on the balcony. Later she declared that she had been served only one course of the dinner. The Times-Star reporter, a Rhodes scholar, left in a huff. Nevertheless all three papers obediently reported only the chit-chat of the event on their society pages next day, mentioned only the title of Sir Frederick's hour-and-a-half address...
Jesse Louis Lasky who recently resigned from Paramount Publix Corp. in a huff, announced he has formed his own production firm, will make eight pictures a year for Fox Film Corp...
Vice President Jesse Louis Lasky resigned in a huff from Paramount Publix Corp. Last week Paramount reported a $5,900,000 loss for the three months ended July...
...receivership a fortnight ago, the company sought to have its five Manhattan banks (Chase National Bank, Central Hanover Bank, Manufacturers Trust, New York Trust, Chemical Bank) reach a standstill agreement on their loans of $20,000,000. When the receivers failed to accomplish this they resigned in a huff. The action means that the bulk of the Eastern part of the great utility system has been lopped away, will probably break up. Middle West Utilities is almost certain to lose most of its $40,000,000 investment in the common shares of National Electric. Many Eastern bankers and utility tycoons...