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Word: presi (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...revision in the railroad map was forecast when Great Western bought a 2OC/C interest in Kansas City Southern, thereby forming the nucleus of what could be welded into a new Chicago-Gulf route (TIME. Oct. 26). Although the deal came as a surprise, nobody thought it inconsistent with Presi dent Joyce's nature. He is aggressive from head to foot, fist to jaw. Chicago-born ("back of the yards") 52 years ago, he began work when he left grammar school, pushing a wheelbarrow in a brickyard. He rose until he was president of the Mellon-controlled Standard Steel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: End of an Era | 11/16/1931 | See Source »

Daniel Carson Goodman, 48, M.D., has been a theatrical producer, cinema executive, author, businessman (he is vice presi- dent of Celotex Co., of Southern Sugar Co.), one of the late Cinemactress Alma Rubens' husbands. He has also written: Hagar Revilly, Because of Women, Battle of the Sexes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Outline of Art | 4/27/1931 | See Source »

...busi ness: altars, communion railings, statuary, all other marble church accessories. Among its clients were the Vatican, St. Patrick's in New York, St. Paul's Cathedral, St. Paul, Minn., St. Louis Cathedral, St. Louis, Mo. But last week McBride's went into receivership. Explained Presi dent Paul Henry McBride: "People are putting 25 cents into the plate instead...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: Deals & Developments | 4/13/1931 | See Source »

Suing for Divorce. Alicia Patterson Simpson, daughter of President Joseph Medill Patterson of the New York Daily News (tabloid) and Liberty, vice-presi-dent of the Chicago Tribune; from James Simpson Jr., son of President Simpson of Marshall Field & Co. (Chicago department store); in Chicago...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Oct. 20, 1930 | 10/20/1930 | See Source »

...know Commissioner Mackin tosh were not surprised at the commotion his challenge stirred up. He first proved himself an eminent disturber when he at tended the Republican National Convention at Chicago in 1920 as a delegate from the State of Washington. Primary voters had instructed him to support the presi dential candidacy of Senator Hiram John son of California. Disregarding his politi cal pledges, he boldly boomed Governor Calvin Coolidge of Massachusetts for the Presidency. It was largely on the strength of his agitation that Governor Coolidge was nominated for the Vice-Presidency. President Coolidge later rewarded his boomer with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PROHIBITION: To the Guts | 10/6/1930 | See Source »

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