Word: jam
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...What sort of a jam did you think he was in? ... You did not think it had anything to do with women or horses...
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...Pure Oil stock, underwriters have been lying low. As a result new corporate financing for the first quarter of 1938 amounted to only $111,000,000, a three-year low. That this jam could be broken was indicated by the successful disposal of two big bond issues, Appalachian Electric's $67,000,000 in February and Consolidated Edison's $60,000,000 fortnight ago. Last week brought more evidence that the capital market is opening up: one new issue was sold, three more were announced...
...about it, from the firm assets, so he asked me whether it was all right to take it and he explained that he told me at that time- let me see-I want to get this right. As I understand it, he said, "Dick has got into an awful jam in November, and I went to Tom Lament when you were not here and he loaned me the money and so I want to pay him, and will you let me take it out? ..." I said "Certainly," and it was all done...
...told nobody about it when he learned last November that Broker Richard Whitney was not only insolvent but also guilty of using customers' funds illegally. When his partner, George Whitney, came to him to borrow $1,082,000 to help his brother Dick "out of a jam," explained Mr. Lamont. "I moved as my heart dictated." It did not occur to him that it was in any way his responsibility to inform the Exchange or anybody else-even though both J. P. Morgan and his son Junius have Exchange seats. Asked Banker Lamont: "Would you expect...