Word: loeb
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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When Mortimer Loeb Schiff was 13 years old he went fishing in the Adirondacks, caught a 23-lb. salmon trout. His father, rich Jacob Henry Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., joyfully cabled the news to friends abroad. Young Mr. Schiff's salmon trout did not help him win a Boy Scout merit badge, for the scouting movement did not reach the U. S. until 20 years later. But in 1910, when Mr. Schiff was 33 years old and an able financier (Kuhn, Loeb & Co.), he helped found scouting in the U. S., became a member of the Boy Scout...
...Paris too, officially to break his journey to Madrid. Three days later came the announcement: an international credit of $60,000,000 for the Spanish Government had been established. J. P. Morgan & Co. and associates (Chase National Bank; Bankers Trust Co.; National City Bank; Guaranty Trust Co.; Kuhn, Loeb & Co.; Dillon, Read & Co.; Lee, Higginson & Co. and others) would underwrite $38,000,000 of this, the rest to be subscribed by a European group under the leadership of the Banque de Paris et des Pays Bas. France, of course, took no official part, but shrewd reporters suspected that some...
Newshawks learned that Nathan Leopold-who with Richard Loeb killed small Bobby Franks of Chicago seven years ago-was being transferred from the old prison to the new on the morning of the riot, but was sent back...
...many Friends who are not "Friends." These outside gifts are usually for some specific subject, or perhaps for the purchase of some special collection. Some of them are annual, such as the gifts for twenty-five years from Walter W. Naumburg '89, for Shakspere, and of James Loeb '88, for labor papers (twenty-six years). Others are occasional but pretty constant, as, for example, the many gifts from John B. Stetson, Jr. '06, for Portuguese history and literature, (including the great Palha library); Professor Paul J. Sachs '00, for books in fine arts; Professor James R. Jewett '82, for Arabic...
...which could be revised from time to time. He persuaded a printer to take a chance, used a bellboy at his hotel to distribute the cards. A. M. Kidder & Co. was the first firm to take advantage of his $60-a-year service. Soon J. P. Morgan & Co., Kuhn, Loeb & Co., National City Bank were among the customers. Within two years Blake had 300 subscribers and moved from a small room in Laidlaw & Co.'s office into independent offices. In 1913 the Babson Stock & Bond Card System was acquired, and rapid growth followed. The entire statistical industry was expanding...