Word: mr
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Mr. Howard noted a recent Gallup poll which announced that half the people of the U. S. approve of gambling, in church or out. He saw that, out of more than 200 Episcopal and Roman Catholic bishops, not more than a dozen or so banned Bingo as a means of raising money. He heard that priests in Trenton, N. J. defied police attempting to enforce the law against gambling, were backed up by a grand jury; that "bingo-mad" women in Detroit hissed, hooted, flew at raiding police; that in Michigan, Pennsylvania, New Hampshire, Maryland, legislators were urged to legalize...
Catholics gasped, then jumped on Mr. Howard. Last week, in another issue of Progress, he explained himself: he had been shocked because Rochester Catholics played Bingo the night after Pope Pius XI died. "Time and Bingo waits for no Pope at St. Margaret Mary Church. On with Bingo, while in Rome they reverently close the eyes of the 'Pope of Peace.' ... [I] quoted what was said . . . BEFORE the election of the new Pontiff. The reflection was not on the new Pope, beloved by all, but on the Catholic churches of Rochester in general, and upon St. Margaret Mary...
...poking his head into various high places in search of useful information. At No. 10 Downing Street, London, in the office of Neville Chamberlain's economic adviser, Sir Horace Wilson, Banker Wasserman engaged in a conversation that last week proved highly interesting to the U. S. According to Mr. Wasserman, Sir Horace told him that at the outbreak of war the British Government would take over all the U. S. securities held by its nationals, use them as it saw fit. The Philadelphian discussed with Sir Horace the advantage of having them taken over at a "fair price...
Shortly after he joined Loft, Mr. Guth bought control of Pepsi-Cola Co., manufacturers of a dark, sweet soft drink which was then just another of the 1,000-odd aspirants to Coca-Cola's crown. By energetic promotion, including putting Pepsi-Cola instead of Coca-Cola in the fountains of Loft's 200 stores, Pepsi-Cola was fizzed up to the point where it became a respectable competitor of Coca-Cola...
Contending that ex-President Guth had used Loft assets, facilities, personnel and credit to build up Pepsi-Cola, Loft brought suit for the 237,500 shares (91%) of Pepsi-Cola stock held by Mr. Guth and his family holding company, Grace Co. When Delaware's Court of Chancery last year agreed with Loft, Pepsi-Cola was selling at $70 a share (it is now $130). Pepsi-Cola profits were $2,700,000 in the first nine months of 1938; Loft lost $867,000 in the same period...