Word: meant
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...pikestaff was the fact that if the Conference rejected the U. S. proposal and then adjourned, the U. S. door would be slammed upon all European powers who might come to Washington seeking reduction of their War Debts because of hard times. The President's plan meant no cut in the U. S. Army (138,817 men), already below the "police component" standard based on population. But he was ready to give up tanks, ships, guns and bombing planes if Europe would do likewise. President Hoover estimated that such reductions and eliminations would save the U. S. two billion...
...flags and Washington pictures, the gallery audience was only slightly larger than that which attended the G. 0. P. meeting. National Chairman Raskob, often accused by Republicans of trying to "smear Hoover," got a titter when he said he had looked up "smear" in the dictionary and found it meant "to anoint a dead body with sacred oil before burial." Commander Evangeline Booth of the Salvation Army prayed. Mayor Cermak rumbled a speech of welcome which soon descended to a partisan harangue. Then Senator Barkley, tall, paunchy, all in white, launched vigorously into his keynote address (see p. 12). Most...
...plain red-bordered cover bearing its table of contents. Typography was commonplace. Prime feature of Brass Tacks was the first instalment of Oklahoma Oilman Ernest Whitworth Marland's story of how he lost control of rich Marland Oil Co. to the "money trust," by which he meant J. P. Morgan...
Observers thought they understood what Banker Dawes meant by this equivocal statement. Everyone was aware that the "borrowing" referred to was made through R. F. C. That fact explained why Banker Dawes had resigned its presidency. It also explained why he talked about the loan being for "current requirements and to pay depositors" and not for '"liquidation." R. F. C. cannot lend money to liquidating banks. Thus smart Banker Dawes & advisers had found a polite formula that allowed the bank the option of buttressing its capital and staying in business or giving depositors the opportunity to withdraw their funds when...
...addressed to exhibitors. Motion Picture Herald revealed that the most valuable players were Marie Dressier, Janet Gaynor, Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo; Wallace Beery. Will Rogers, Charles Farrell, Clark Gable, Wheeler & Woolsey. Producers lost most of their money on program pictures?pictures of standard length (55 to 60 min.) meant to fit in on any theatre program...