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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...publisher is the child of Cornelia Lane Anderson, first of Author Anderson's three divorced wives. Educated in a Michigan City (Ind.) high school. Bob attended University of Virginia for a year, worked as a newsgatherer and rewrite man on the Michigan City News, New Orleans Item-Tribune, St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Indianapolis News, Vincennes (Ind.) Sun, Roanoke (Va.) Times, Philadelphia Bulletin. In the Marion papers he writes under the signature of "Zip Coon" (the elder Anderson signs himself "Buck Fever of Coon Hollow"). He has had nothing published except a small pamphlet relating the astonishing adventures...
...Holtwood, Pa. was completed and began supplying power to Consolidated Co. of Baltimore. In the 15 years which followed Banker Aldred & partners watched the growing industrial life of the district, quietly bought up the property around Safe Harbor, gained control of Consolidated Co. Most important item for any hydro-electric development is a good market for its product. Expensive to build, big power dams must be able to sell electricity readily or their overhead charges eat up all profit. Safe Harbor dam was not begun until its sponsors foresaw the electrification of the Pennsylvania Railroad from New York to Washington...
With the operation of the new Indoor Athletic Building, the Costs of maintenance showed an increase. The gymnasium and the swimming pool were the principle factors contributing to this rise. Another item which caused an increase in expenditures was the new Dillon Field House, which was put in operation during the time covered in the report...
...representative collection of medieval Psalters and books of hours forms the chief item now being shown in the Widener Library Treasure Room, as part of a display of Christmas pictures. A great number of these books are opened to pages depleting the Nativity in marginal or full-page illumination...
Cash-on-hand is a pretty item on any balance sheet, but if it is not earning a fair return for stockholders they are apt to question the management, hint for a special dividend. Standard Oil of New Jersey announced last week it would employ $30,600,000 of its cash by calling one-quarter of its $120,000,000 bond issue. The bonds for retirement will be drawn by lot, paid off Feb. 1 at 102%. This is the second time the big oil company has used a large amount of cash from earnings to reduce its indebtedness...