Word: jans
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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That was the last of it-until he leaves the Governorship on Jan. 1. He took satisfaction from his popular vote. "There's only one man in this country who got more votes for the Presidency than I did this year...
...smartly groomed and quick-witted head of the 26 Scripps-Howard newspapers. He had stepped into the Denver field two years ago, purchased the Rocky Mountain News (morning) and formed the Evening News to compete with Mr. Bonfils' Post (evening). Mr. Bonfils soon issued a Morning Post (TIME, Jan. 17, 1927). The competition was a vicious fight-a circulation war, a death-grapple for advertising, a snarling in editorials, a sneering in news columns...
...would have been permissible for sugarmen to frown, last week, at nearly every piece of news which concerned their industry. Profound is the depression in the sugar business. Raw sugar has fallen from 5.09? a pound in Jan., 1927, to 1.91? last fortnight, the lowest price on record. Over the same period, refined sugar has slipped from 6.36? a pound to 5.10? , last week's figure...
...young college men, whom he keeps until they want to go elsewhere, but meanwhile he takes them upon his many travels. He keeps personal letters, family pictures, in a safe at his Montclair home, thereby facilitating the work of a future Boswell. His resignation (made a fortnight ago, effective Jan. 1) leaves him free to give more time to his duties as chairman of the International Missionary Council, a position which takes him to Europe & Asia...
...relation to brokers' loans, another factor for consideration, in computing their relative size, is the number and value of new listings. In the period from Jan. 1, 1924 to date, there has been nearly 23 billion dollars in new security listings on the New York Stock Exchange. The relation of New York brokers' loans to these listings is under...