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Word: maddin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1935-1935
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...office in August 1930 and for over a year stuffed carbon copies of his letters into a zipper compartment of her purse. Juicy bits of information were forwarded to Cities Service by means of an elaborate code. Mr. Parish was referred to as a "persimmon." Vice President S. J. Maddin was a "pineapple.'' an other official a "gooseberry." Missouri-Kansas was called "lemons." The Chicago Stock Exchange was "blackberries," the New York Stock Exchange "dewberries." In 1931 Frank Parish began to grow suspicious. Spy Walker contrived to have a nervous breakdown the following year, hurried to Kansas City...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Gas Man's Trial | 5/13/1935 | See Source »

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