Word: offer
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Long famed as a Red-baiter, Congressman Fish has stepped out since Nov. 3 as a would-be liberalizer of the GOP. Last week his target was National Chairman John D. M. Hamilton, who had called the Committee's first post election meeting to act on his offer to resign...
Upon new King George called last week "The Next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom," as many call hawk-nosed, hawk-minded Chancellor of the Exchequer Neville Chamberlain. Meanwhile a bona fide offer of $1,000,000 to go to Hollywood had been cabled to the Duke of Windsor & Mrs. Simpson (see p. 31) and, however remote acceptance was from their minds, it behooved the United Kingdom not to be niggardly with the Duke. At 5%, the interest on $1,000,000 is $50,000 per year and the Chancellor of the Exchequer was presently reported to have agreed with...
...raged in China for some years. The famed "Christian Marshal," Feng Yu-hsiang, who ranks as China's most benevolent and adroit double-crosser, could hardly wait to get in on whatever was taking place at Sian. "I will fly thither at once," roared the Christian Marshal, "and offer myself as a hostage to the Young Marshal for the safety of the Generalissimo...
Promptly quashed by Federal engineers was the dream of many a delegate that short-wave reception might offer a solution to their hunger for additional radio time. The short-wave bands open to present day receivers are relatively narrow, and largely assigned to commercial operators. President William Mather Lewis of Lafayette College described the only U. S. short-wave station that is non-commercial and non-profit-making, Boston's WIXAL. Founded by Engineer Walter S. Lemmon, who shyly refused last week to make a speech, WIXAL since 1934 has broadcast lectures and lessons by Harvard, Radcliffe and Boston...
...stay." Richfield's next half-dozen abortive reorganization plans came alternately from Standard Oil's Kingsbury and Consolidated's Sinclair. As soon as the prospects seemed good for selling out to one company the other company would raise the bid. Sinclair's last offer was $17,600,000 in stock, $10,000,000 cash in 1933. This was $5,000,000 more cash than Standard offered, but Richfield's bondholder and creditor committees decided that Harry Sinclair's securities were of uncertain market value, turned down his bid. It looked as if President Kingsbury...