Word: mined
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...tariff) on crude oil and gasoline. Unsuccessfully (190-10-97) did Representatives from the Atlantic seaboard attempt to block this concession to the Southwestern oil producers. Next day the House chaplain opened the session by reciting . . . Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; Thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psalm...
...November. Eventually I think the Prohibition question will be settled on the basis of State's rights." Back in Washington where Dry leaders were shocked and hurt by his words, Secretary Hurley hastened to explain: "When I want to speak in quotation on Prohibition, the words will be mine and not what someone else supposes I have said. I didn't mention Prohibition in my address in Chicago nor did I mention it anywhere else for publication...
TIME correctly stated that Isidore W. Schlesinger will operate diamond cutting plants at Kimberley and assume a contract with the South African Government. TIME was incorrect in stating that Cineman Schlesinger will mine diamonds in Namaqualand. He will get his diamonds from the De Beers syndicate, will engage in no price-cutting...
Kreuger & Toll has many activities in addition to control of the match companies. It handles much of the financing the monopolies make necessary. It has a 20% interest in the Grangesberg Co. of Sweden, biggest iron producer in Europe, and an 80% interest in the Boliden gold mine in northern Sweden, thought to be the richest in the world. It owns Swedish Pulp Co. with 4,900,000 acres of fine forest, valuable power properties and rights. It controls financial institutions throughout Europe, including commercial and mortgage banks. A typical deal was its purchase of Sweden...
...Kreuger & Toll had a floating debt of only $50,000,000. The sum was thought to be much higher last week. Much of the selling was from Europe. Kreuger & Toll has 11,000,000 participating debentures outstanding, of which 4,000,000 were issued to pay for the Boliden mine. Eight months ago only 4,000,000 of the remaining 6,000,000 debentures were represented by U. S. shares. Last week all but 500,000 had been transferred to U. S. certificates, a fact which on the surface would indicate that Europe's investors have long known that Ivar...