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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Prohibition. During the presidential campaign, President-Elect Hoover suggested that a committee be appointed to study and report upon Prohibition. Two resolutions dealing with this committee were introduced in the Senate. Senator Jones (Dry) of Washington, suggesting the appointment of a Senatorial Committee, Senator Edge (Wet) of New Jersey suggesting the appointment of nine civilians, to be named, after March 4, by Mr. Hoover. Later, Senator Jones agreed with Senator Edge that the membership of the committee should be left to Mr. Hoover's decision, thereby virtually withdrawing the senatorial committee idea...
...Trust Co., 139 Broadway, last week absorbed two other Manhattan banks, became fifth largest of New York trust companies, acquired position among the ten largest U. S. financial institutions. The banks merged were Interstate Trust Co., formed in 1926 by onetime (1923-26) Governor George S. Silzer of New Jersey and State Bank and Trust Co., headed by Harold G. Richard. Resources of the combined banks...
...proposed a bill which, in its present form, would keep the House membership at 435 and reapportion the seats on the basis of the 1930 census, when taken. Estimates are that California would benefit most, gaining six seats. Next would be Michigan, gaining four seats; then Ohio, 3; New Jersey & Texas, 2; Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, Oklahoma & Washington, 1 seat each. Hitherto the States which are threatened with losing seats have been an organized bloc opposing Reapportionment. Now the would-be-gainers are organizing. Michigan's McLeod arose last week and announced that a bloc of 100 votes...
...Vice-President John Bright Garrison of West Newton. John White Hallowell of Readville. Edward Henry McGrath of Brookline. Philip Howell Watts of Morristown, New Jersey...
Elected. Peter Hurll, English representative of the Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey; to be a director of the company, succeeding the late George Henry Jones (TIME...