Word: owens
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Looking very prim with a black-ribboned pince-nez, Owen D. Young last week spent five hours in Manhattan explaining his business dealings with Samuel Insull. His questioner was Lewis F. Jacobson, counsel for the owners of $60,000,000 worth of debentures in Insull Utility Investments Inc. He sought "to prove complete knowledge by the officials of the General Electric Co. of the financial structure of the bankrupt and the restrictions against pledging securities...
...week President-elect Roosevelt was reported culling his list of Cabinet possibilities. Most vital appointment he has to make is that of Secretary of State, because, weak on foreign affairs, he needs an internationally equipped mind to lean on. Most often mentioned for this No. 1 Cabinet post is Owen D. Young. But Mr. Young's wife is a chronic invalid and last week Mr. Young was ordered to be examined in Federal Court on his connection with the bankrupt Insull Utility Investments-a connection which would help no public career before a catawauling Senate. Another outstanding possibility...
...Washington last week broad-browed U. S. Supreme Court Justice Owen Josephus Roberts (Teapot Dome prosecutor) ruled finally as umpire on the Black Tom and Kingsland cases, threw out the lemon juice evidence, vindicated Germany once & for all, thus saved the Fatherland more than $40,000,000 in U. S. claims. Justice Roberts, whose hand shook as he read his verdict, said that some of the evidence against Germany seemed to have been "fraudulently prepared...
...SEAMAN (Owen) Borrowed Plumes...
...SEAMAN (Owen) Harvest of Chaff...