Word: ownership
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Diffident hintings from both Mexican government and Catholic hierarchy have suggested many points of possible compromise in the vexed problem of Mexico's religious laws (TIME, May 13, et seq.) Trustworthy seemed the report that the Vatican had agreed to recognize government ownership of Church property if the Church were made official guardian of the same...
International Railways of Central America is not a United Fruit subsidiary. It was originally financed from London as, in 1904, U. S. capital did not venture much beyond U. S. borders. Gradual transition from British to U. S. ownership was completed in 1927 when J. Henry Schroder Banking Corp. of Manhattan became financial sponsor. The directorate is now exclusively Manhattan. Though independent, I. R. C. A. nevertheless maintains close relations with United Fruit. Minor Keith is its board chairman. And the two companies have a 33⅓% discount agreement by which United Fruit passengers and freight travel...
...Church to recognize government ownership of church property, so long as the Church remains official custodian of the same...
Competition for ownership of the Mount Auburn Bicycling and Clambake Foundation Award will break out anew tomorrow afternoon in a boat race and baseball game between the members of the CRIMSON and Lampoon boards, it was admitted at a late hour last night. This annual feature of the spring season will be run off in a series of short jumps beginning at 16 Plympton Street at 2.30 o'clock...
...from using their huge financial resources, contributed by the people, to destroy the free press by means that range from secret bribery of newspaper employes to outright purchase of newspapers themselves." Said the New York Times: "The whole foundation of honest journalism is laid on the principle that newspaper ownership should have no interest save in publishing facts and making fair editorial comment on them. Ownership that has a financial interest in the public domain, over which there is steady controversy between private operation and the Government, has never proved effective in the manufacture of a disinterested or reliable newspaper...