Word: lamonts
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Young, radical Corliss Lamont, son of Morgan Partner Thomas W. Lamont, received last week a special permit to pass behind Lenin's tomb in Red Square, Moscow to the Red heroes' burial place at the base of the Kremlin Wall. His mission was to investigate the grave of John Reed, U. S. Communist, journalist and poet. He found it intact. The first American to visit the grave since U. S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union William C. Bullitt placed a wreath on it in 1932, Corliss Lamont hoped to spike rumors that Reed's body had been...
...know whether you are reading a lecture there or not," retorted Mr. Lamont. "I have been in business for many years and I have tried to discharge my duties as a citizen...
...point in his testimony, Mr. Lamont became so upset that he made a reference to "my brother, George Whitney," but corrected himself with a gesture of annoyance, saying he meant "my partner...
...sorely mistaken everybody was in Richard Whitney was last week finally on the record in full. Day after Thomas Lamont testified, SEC Accountant J. P. Lyss revealed that he had pushed back as far as 1925 the date of Dick Whitney's first questionable actions. Mr. Lyss also itemized the total losses in the Whitney failure. When he was through testifying, the whole story of Richard Whitney's activities had been told for the first time. The story...
...time. Finally Mr. Simmons, who had preceded Whitney as president of the Exchange, forced the issue, got some inkling of the situation. Dick Whitney then asked for time to see his brother George. Mr. Simmons also saw George, who by that time had borrowed $1,082,000 from Thomas Lamont to make good the deficit. Like Messrs. Lamont and George Whitney, Mr. Simmons kept silent about the affair...