Word: parred
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Catholic priests and educated in English and arts & crafts in the Club's school, these Greensward Sons of "Father Snare" never tire of hailing his greatest greens feat. Last year on his 72nd birthday he drove for the 18th hole, needing a five to make the course in par 72. He made it in six, and every caddy still boasts this a record unbeaten and unbeatable on the Havana course by a man of the years of "Father Snare...
...which the company can buy in at $55 a share. Dividends on this stock come to $3.50 a year, ear ago Radio Corp. caught up on its back dividends on Class A, so on this stock there are no accrued dividends. It also has 707,275 shares of no-par Class B preferred, which is supposed to pay $5 a year. The last payment was made in October 1931, and back dividends now amount to ?21.25 a share.* Finally, it has 13,130,600 shares of common. No dividends have ever been paid on the common in Radio...
...Cause of this action was an exchange crisis precipitated when the British Treasury, under the strain of heavy purchases in the U. S., allowed the pound sterling to fall below par...
...Considering the state of rail securities, the size of the issue and Great Northern's three-year deficit, the terms did not appear onerous-except to RFChairman Jesse Jones. Mr. Jones noted that on a when-issued basis the proposed bonds were already selling 8% above par. Evidently the public put a higher value on Great Northern's credit than did the bankers. So Mr. Jones wrote to Mr. Kenney as follows...
Humans may be raised to a par with tree-toads, crickets, and other animals that can foretell a storm without inspecting a barometer. This encouraging announcement came from the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory, where C. F. Brooks, professor of Meteorological and director of the Observatory since 1931, and E. Monroe Harwood, Jr., research assistant, have been studying the indications given by clouds...