Word: oiling
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Died. Lieut. Col. Sir Alan Hughes Burgoyne, 48, of Buckinghamshire, England, Conservative member of Parliament, military author, board chairman of 30 companies (phonographs, rubber, books, oil, wine, mines, banks); in Buckinghamshire...
...spite of Writer Farrell, however, the new company sold its initial bond issue in something less than one hour and began its corporate existence under the most pleasing auspices. Representing a combination of I. G. Dyes, Standard Oil of New Jersey, National City Bank, International Acceptance and Ford Motors, the American I. G. Chemical Corp. included on its directorate Herren Doktoren Bosch, Schmitz and Greif of I. G. Dyes, President Walter Teagle of Standard Oil, Chairman Mitchell and Warburg of the two Manhattan banking houses, and President Edsel Ford of Ford. What proportion of the new company's stock will...
...Standard Oil of New York turned in a belated 1928 earnings of $39,645,227? more than three times its 1927 net. Also late, also large, was Union Pacific, with a 1928 net of $46,108,872, or $18.95 a share compared to $39,665,235 or $16.05 a share...
...exports to China were almost 50% greater than in 1927, China buying slightly more U. S. merchandise than Italy. Exports to Japan also expanded (12% over 1927), Japan outranking all the Continental countries except Germany. Chinese were enthusiastic buyers of leaf tobacco, cigarets and illuminating oil; Japan leaned toward cotton and automobiles...
...imports from Europe and Asia; general was the increase from South America. Germany showed the only major European increase, selling potash, sulphate of ammonia, hides, gloves and sulphite pulp in large quantities. Greece and Italy suffered from a decline in tobacco imports, France from decreases in silk and olive oil. The rise in coffee imports assured increased purchases from Brazil, Columbia and Venezuela, the two last also adding to their crude petroleum sales. Chile copper and Chile sodium nitrate accounted for the Chilean gain. Low prices for silk and rubber resulted in smaller purchases from all Oriental countries except India...