Word: mi
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...bill, unlike the old, permits national banks with capital of $500,000 or more to establish branches, regardless of whether or not State laws give State banks the same privilege. Likewise national banks were permitted to put branches across State lines within a radius of 50 mi. in the same trade territory. This provision brought howls from Insurgents who view branch-banking with great alarm...
...John Simon, British Foreign Secretary, who had flown expressly to the banquet from Geneva (300 mi.), stressed Anglo-U. S. amity. "It is our firm resolve to cultivate this happy relationship," cried Sir John, "and to use it for the benefit of the whole world...
Plans were announced to undertake what Sir Ernest Shackleton once described as "the last great adventure in the history of South Polar exploration," the exploration of the 5,000,000 sq. mi. in the Antarctic Continent between the Ross Sea and the Weddell Sea, three-quarters of which has never been seen by man. Principals will be Explorer Lincoln Ellsworth, inactive in Arctic or Antarctic exploration since his friend Roald Amundsen lost his life seeking General Umberto Nobile in May 1928, and Pilot Bernt Balchen (Byrd transatlantic and South Pole nights). The expedition plans to leave New York in September...
...first observation train in the history of Pacific Coast rowing followed the 3-mi. race between California and Washington at Seattle last week. One hundred thousand spectators agreed that there should have been not one train but two: one for the California crew that slipped along the bright choppy surface of Lake Washington as if they had caught the wind in their oar-blades; another slower train, perhaps even a handcar, for the Washington boat which lumbered along to the finish 18 lengths-nearly a quarter-mile-behind, most thoroughly beaten of any Coast crew for 29 years. Disgruntled Washington...
Middle West Utilities is the holding company for Insull properties outside the Indiana, Northern 111. and Chicago Group. More than 70% of the gross income of its subsidiaries is from power sales. Ice, gas, water, heat & transportation account for the rest. Its transmission lines total 45,187 mi., its ice plants can turn out 14,261 tons a day. The financial problems of Middle West Utilities were Mr. Insull's chief causes of worry last week. The parent company has bank loans of $21,900,000 while National Electric is $27,700,000 in debt to the banks. The parent...