Word: placing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Good fellowship: "The wardroom of the bark City of New York was a jolly place last night. The men of the Byrd expedition were writing their last letters home...
...railroads held conferences in which the eastern railroad field was tentatively divided among them, but the negotiations were abandoned chiefly because the Pennsylvania did not believe that it had received its proper share of the short lines. Since the failure of these negotiations, no decisive merger movement has taken place. Last fortnight, however, the New York Central secured the approval of the Interstate Commerce Commission in acquiring the Big Four and Michigan Central roads, stock control of which it has for some time owned (TIME, Feb. 4). It is believed that the Van Sweringen Brothers will also proceed with their...
...however, purchasers fail to meet their weekly payments, their interest in their diamond "lapses." and when "lapsation" takes place the money previously paid in becomes profit for the Standard Diamond Co. Mr. Johnston began to worry about what would happen to the interest payments if the "lapsations" began to fall off. Perturbed, he called the District Attorney's office and the Better Business Commission. It was at this point that Mr. Stillings reappeared, ornamented his colleague's desk...
Consider, for example, a scene which last week took place in the offices of a concern called Standard Diamond Co., Manhattan. President of the company is one Peter B. Johnston. Manager of the company is one George E. Stillings. On the president's desk is a large brass nameplate: "P. B. Johnston...
...Chicago; that total deposits of the list amount to $20,653,618,100. There are two U. S. banks (National City, Chase National, both in Manhattan) with deposits exceeding one billion. The Bank of the Manhattan Co., expanding by a succession of mergers, has risen from 24th place to 10th within one year...