Word: loans
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan, where Economics Minister Alberto Baltra, after attending a U.N. economic conference in Havana, was waiting to ship out for home. Acting on instructions, Baltra this week asked President Harry Truman to do what he could to scotch revival of the copper tariff. He also asked for a U.S. loan of $45 million for foreign exchange...
Farmers in dry areas, said Brannan, who promised to get their wheat into storage within 90 days could get "distress" loans (i.e., 75% of a normal support loan) on wheat even if it was lying on the ground. The farmer would not be responsible if the wheat subsequently rotted; it would be graded according to its original condition. Once the wheat was stored, the farmer could draw the other 25% of his loan. The CCC will also build 50 million bushels of storage space of its own, lend farmers 85% of the cost of building their own storage facilities...
...good measure. From Washington, President Dan W. Tracy of the Electrical Workers wired Crowder an offer of $8,000. Said Tracy: "There are no strings attached to this offer . . . Truthful and undistorted coverage . . . is all that we ask and [all] we are entitled to." Replied Editor Crowder, accepting the loan: "Your [offer is] a declaration of emancipation of all the rural press...
From his father-in-law, A.P. inherited a directorship in San Francisco's Columbus Savings & Loan Society. He soon clashed with other directors over their policy of lending only to a favored few, and walked out in a huff to found the Bank of Italy. It became known as a lender to the little...
...period between 9 and 10:15 Thursday night, thieves slipped into Dunster Small Common Room and left with a large oriental rug, on loan from Fogg Muscum, that had completely covered the floor...