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Engaged. Prince Erik, 31, third son of Prince Valdemar of Denmark, first cousin of King George of England and King Christian of Denmark, to Miss Lois Frances Booth, granddaughter of J. R. Booth, Canadian lumber king. Before announcing his engagement, the Prince renounced all rights to the Danish throne, for which he is eighth in direct male line, those preceding him being King Christian's two sons, Frédéric and Kund, his two brothers, Harald and Gustave, Harald's son (born in 1919), Prince Erik's father, Valdemar, his brother, Axel...
...reappearance of a demand for higher wages. But even under slightly higher wage and material costs it is apparent that the " building boom " is going to continue well into 1924 and probably even longer. This will in turn serve as a back log for the iron and steel, lumber, cement and brick industries, and furnish much traffic for the railways...
...three subjects which have been chosen for essays in the $1050 Babson Prize Essay Competition, have recently been announced as "The Forecasting of the Price of Wheat"' of "Cotton", or of "Lumber". Mr. R. W. Babson, founder and president of the Babson Statistical Organization, has given this money for the purpose of stimulating the interest of university students in statistical economics, business forecasting, and the stabilization of our economic life...
...flames rose highest in the southern part of the plant, where they ate their way into the heart of a large storage lumber yard. Some of the 12-foot piles were soaked with paint and varnish, so that firemen were still hosing the embers at 2 o'clock...
...near Chicago) educated him. He began the practice of law in Kansas City, Mo., where, later, as prosecuting attorney, he sent 220 people to felon's row in two years (a record). In his early thirties he became a national figure by reason of his assaults on oil, railroad, lumber and harvester trusts, and on St. Louis gamblers. Then, Governor of Missouri...