Word: lane
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...even the most cynical broker in Mincing Lane had reason to suspect the honesty of Strauss & Co. Its nominal head and biggest stockholder, old Edward Anthony Strauss, was educated at King's College, is a member of Parliament from North Southwark. He inherited Strauss & Co. from his father, built it up into one of London's five biggest commodity houses, doing an extensive business in castor seeds, linseeds, peanuts. Edward Anthony Strauss and his colleagues had simply made the mistake of going short of peanuts. Instead of the surplus they had anticipated, there was an acute decline...
...shellac. Gamblers who had bought orange shellac on margin at 122 shillings per cwt. during last year's frantic speculation could not sell for more than seven shillings sixpence last week. Although financial editors declared that "certain weak positions have been taken over by strong hands," Mincing Lane brokers remembered that the same thing had been said before the Strauss crash. White pepper traders were chilled by the Strauss failure because they, too, must pay up or go to the wall this week when settlement on 7,000 tons of pepper falls due. These 7,000 tons they...
...unconfirmed report yesterday had it that the new Crimson coach, Dick Harlow plans no drastic shakeup in the coaching staff next fall. This rumor, which was given some credence in athletic circles, was to the effect that only Myles Lane, Varsity backfield coach and Cliff Gallagher, Freshman mentor, will not return to their present posts next fall...
...Amandus Hochmuth, 86, swore he saw Defendant Hauptmann in a "dirty green" sedan at the entrance to the Lindberghs' lane near Hopewell the afternoon before the kidnapping...
...Myles Lane, Varsity backfield coach during the past season will probably not return to Harvard next fall and Harlow is expected to bring up a new assistant to take his place. Bill Shepard, a Western Maryland star of the 1934 season, who received mention on several All-American teams was looked to as a possible choice...