Word: morganized
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This is an outrage to decency, the ardent pacitism of our peace-striking college, and--incidentally--to the peace and quiet of the surrounding neighborhood. Can something be done about this? Surely the Glee Club should be dressed in brown shirts and black ties! J. S. Morgan...
When J. P. Morgan was called to testify at the famed Pecora investigation of 1933, a midget suddenly perched on his lap, embarrassing the famed banker mightily but making the whole proceeding so ludicrous that public opinion swung to the Morgan side. Last week when Banker Morgan and his son, Junius Spencer Morgan, went to the SEC offices in Manhattan to tell what they knew of the Richard Whitney case, the only embarrassment was the blinding flicker of photographers' bulbs. Eyes closed in resignation, J. P. Morgan took the stand for half an hour. Respectfully treated by SEC Lawyer...
...Gesell then asked Banker Morgan whether he would have told the Exchange had he known that the "jam" involved misuse of securities belonging to the Stock Exchange. Mr. Morgan made three answers, pausing between each for reflection: "Well," he said at first, "I would not have carried the facts to the Exchange authorities if I understood the authorities knew them all and understood them." Then he added: "I should say not, anyhow." Finally he said flatly...
...Banker Morgan was followed by his son, who revealed a number of hitherto unpublished figures about the House of Morgan's business. During 1937 Morgan's bought and sold $849,000,000 in Government bonds. Of this, $709,000,000 was for the firm and partners, $139,000,000 for clients. Transactions in "other bonds" totaled $185,000,000. In stock transactions, Morgan's handled 2,738,000 shares, 140,000 of them for the firm and partners, rest for clients...
...with negatively charged wires on one side, positively charged wires on the other, a sheet of cloth between. When the cloth becomes damp, it completes a weak electric circuit, causes a bell to ring and wake the wetter. Inventor of this ingenious device was Psychology Professor John Jacob Brooke Morgan. 49, bachelor of divinity, twice-married father of two. Chicago and Evanston, Ill. orphans were thus trained to cease their nightly nuisances, by making their dormitories sound like fire stations...