Word: pratt
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Ruth Sears Baker Pratt, wealthy widow, mother of many, vivacious, ambitious...
...planes are Ford all-metal monoplanes, with enclosed cabins seating 12 passengers, plus hand baggage; equipped with three Pratt-Whitney Wasp motors, top speed of 140 m.p.h., cruising speed of 115 m.p.h. The pilots are veterans of the airmail. Safety, comfort, speed are the T. A. T. keynotes...
Last week, the Indian market was reported "stabilized." The war was declared at an end. Observers recalled that Chairman Herbert L. Pratt of the Standard Oil of N. Y. had been a recent European tourist, had probably met Sir Henri and patched a peace. Also, the peace follows quickly on the election of Charles F. Meyer to the presidency of Standard of N. Y. Meyer and Deterding had strangely parallel careers, East & West (TIME, April...
...seemed reasonable to suppose that Chairman Pratt & President Meyer had offered some concessions and suggested others. For example: 1) withdrawal of Dutch Shell objections to Russian oil in India, together with an end of the price war, and, 2) a promise by Standard Oil to press the Soviets to pay Dutch Shell and other owners for their seized and confiscated property. If that were accomplished, observers noted, Russian oil would no longer be "stolen." Standard Oil no longer would be an international fence in the eyes of Sir Henri. And Standard Oil would "carry out contracts," would not be "swerved...
...same day, Singer Bori, Diplomat de Ligne, Architect Gilbert, Bishop Manning, Arthur Churchill, Actress Collier, Aviator Lambert, Preacher Fosdick, Actress Mitzi, Constable* Protheroe-Smith. Critic Nathan sailed, variously, by the Roma, Majestic, Paris, Carmania, Lapland, Minnesota; and Oilman Pratt, Publisher Doran, Brewer Doelger arrived on the Berengaria...