Word: mad
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Swearing-mad German seamen on the steamer Vogtland took many times in vain, last week, the name of their employer, H. Vogemann Co. of Hamburg. The, firm had just transferred the Vogtland from German to Panamanian register, informing her crew that the German minimum they had been receiving now could and would be cut 25% under Panamanian law. H. Vogemann Co. will also cut by 9% the number of the crew and will cut 10% from the social insurance provided for the crew. In all, H. Vogemann Co. will save 44% of the Vogtland's present running costs...
...Goddess and himself genuinely divine. Whether they believe it or not, Japanese statesmen have to act as though they believed that the Emperor is all-wise, can no more do wrong than can Jehovah. This being so, Japanese who oppose the London Naval Treaty became absolutely boiling mad last week when Baron Shidehara in defending the Treaty said: "Well, do you suppose the Emperor would have signed it if it was not good...
...Ambassador went to the State Department, the State Department queried the Navy Department, the Navy Department got a verification of his speech (all except the "mad dog" part) from General Butler. The apology of all the people was then promptly transmitted...
...frightened fireman told of night after night when passengers of the Norrland Express roared north, wholly ignorant of the fact that mad Engineer Erik was rolling on the floor of the engine cab in an epileptic...
...sprint became noticeable, Auburn stock on the New York Stock Exchange had begun to move. Bears short of it became uneasy when from a low of $88½ in December and $60⅜ in November it rose to $100, bounded on through $125, neared $150 in a mad display last week. In the commission houses there was talk of a "technical corner." Speculators pointed to the fact that Auburn has only 187,533 shares outstanding, that probably 90,000 are held by Cord Corp. If a strong bull pool cracked the whip, Auburn bears could easily be made to grunt...