Word: oil
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...case of the Yale broadcasts, it is believed that the offer came from an oil company, and also that the money obtained would have been put into the Athletic Endowment fund...
...reaction at Yale is favorable to commercialized broadcasting of football games as conducted here thus far. "For God, for country and for the Atlantic Refining Company" was a standing joke at first. There were also a lot of cracks about the Depression catching up with Yale until it struck oil...
...Hofmann spares his hands by letting an assistant help him at lathes and drill presses in the pursuit of his avocation, machinery (see cut). In his three laboratories he has developed, and marketed profitably, pneumatic springs, hydraulic snubbers, oil burner gadgets, piano sound amplification devices...
...best harness horses in the world are bred in the U. S. Greatest standard-bred nursery in the world is Walnut Hall Farm, near Lexington, Ky., owned by Dr. & Mrs. Ogden M. Edwards Jr. (nee Lela Harkness, Standard Oil heiress). For the past 23 years, Walnut Hall has averaged 100 foals a year, has bred more trotting champions than any other U. S. stud. This year Walnut Hall sold 95 yearlings at the Old I Glory Sale, more than any other nursery, grossing $113,985, an average of approximately $1,200 per horse. Walnut Hall also received the highest...
...finest blood lines in the U. S. Italy was the biggest buyer, obviously intent on getting the finest stock at any price. The reason was not merely the immense popularity of harness racing in Italy. Ringside gossip had it that Italian experiences in Ethiopia and Spain, plus the European oil crisis have made it highly necessary that Mussolini modify his motorization plans and pay more attention to improving the breed of his cavalry stock. Nobody has yet invented a truck that can use grass for fuel...