Word: offerred
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...ruling of the Interstate Commerce Commission that railroads should offer 2,500 mile transportation books for $72 (ordinary price $90) is strongly opposed by the railroads. Eastern roads, with the exception of the Baltimore and Ohio, made a protest before the United States District Court of Massachusetts to enjoin the Commission from enforcing the order. The Baltimore and Ohio joined with western and southern roads in petitioning the Interstate Commerce Commission for rehearing on the question of mileage books. Last week the Commission refused a rehearing. Now the question of mileage books rests on the outcome of the case...
According to the Paris Matin, the Turkish Government has received an offer from Rear Admiral Colby Michael Chester, acting on behalf of the American-Ottoman Development Company, to build railroads, canals, cities, ports, scientific and mechanical institutions and a host of other important projects. In return the Government would be required to grant important oil concessions in Anatolia and Mosul...
Lord Robert Cecil, in the United States to explain the League of Nations, has made it clear from the start that he has not come to offer advice...
...meeting of the Senate of Calcutta University, the retiring Vice Chancellor, Sir Asutosh Mookherjee read private correspondence between himself and the Governor. The Governor offered to reappoint Sir Asutosh if he would give constructive and not destructive criticism. The letter also accused the Indian of inspiring press articles against Government bills. Sir Asutosh replied: "Without hesitation I send the only answer an honorable man can send, the answer which you and your advisers expect and desire- I decline the insulting offer you have made...
...announced yesterday that through the generosity of the Amos Lodge of the B'nal Birth of Boston the University Menorah Society will offer the sum of $100 to be awarded as a prize for an essay by an undergraduate on a subject connected with the work and achievements of the Jewish people. The rules of the contest provide that competitors must hand in their essays not later than 5 o'clock on May 4, at 9 University Hall...