Word: platee
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...railroad domain, the Van Sweringens advanced nearer the reali- zation of the Greater Nickel Plate System (TIME, July 7, Aug. 11, 18. Apr. 6) by securing assent to their leasing terms for the Chesapeake & Ohio by a majority of the latter's stockholders. Wilson & Co. (TIME, Sept. 8) and the St. Paul Railroad (TIME, Mar. 23, 30) are being cut down and revamped, preparatory to setting them up in business again on their own feet...
...whole estate, with all my plate, being just about to leave...
...until yesterday that he got a chance in a University line-up. He more than lived up to Coach Mahan's expectations by completely baffling the Team B batsmen with five innings of perfect hurling. The first five men from Team B to face him from the plate were struck out without even a fly to the fielders and as far as scoring was concerned, their team mates met with little better success. Andrews struck out a total of seven men and allowed only...
With the Chesapeake & Ohio stockholders, however, the situation is very different. The Van Sweringens bought the majority of C. & O. stock for the Nickel Plate rather easily. But, when it came to persuading minority C. & O. stockholders to accept the leasing terms which they proffered, vigorous protest at once developed...
Died. Warner M. Leeds, 57, tin-plate man, brother of the late William B. Leeds, "Tin-plate King"; in Manhattan, of tuberculosis of the lungs. The bulk of his estate, valued at several millions, will go to Joy Leeds, twelve-year-old adopted daughter. Two years ago, Mrs. Leeds died from a fall from the fifth-story window of their home...