Word: prior
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...saying that the plight of miners was "below animal standards." Secretary of Commerce Robert Patterson Lamont emerged from a meeting with the President, announced that some 125 invitations had been sent to bituminous operators asking if they would attend a discussion with workers in the near future. Three weeks prior Secretary Lamont had summoned a dozen of the big bituminous operators to a conference in the Department of Commerce. For four hours representatives of such coal concerns as Clinchfield, Consolidation, Union Pacific and Pittsburgh sat in what was described as "a free and frank interchange of opinion and data." They...
Finally the conference recalled that two weeks prior, just before President of the Reichsbank Luther made his historic rundfahrt begging loans for Germany, 1,000 German firms had offered the German Government a credit of some $125,000,000 (TIME, July 20). The conference suggested this as "a sound basis for the resumption of the normal operation of international credit...
...Henry incorporated Sterling Industrial Corp. In that year, about two months after Mr. McDougald was appointed to the St. Lawrence Advisory Committee, the Sterling Company applied for power rights between Lakes St. Louis and St. Francis. After Mr. McDougald became Senator, the Beauharnois Power Co., supposedly because of this prior claim ("nuisance value"), bought out the $10,000 Sterling Company for a block of stock which brought them $600,000, plus an additional interest of 80,000 shares which McDougald and Henry divided. Senator McDougald testified he was unaware that other "nuisance value" claims had been filed before...
...Campbell resigned last April from Calumet's presidency after protesting against the deal, its consummation seemed certain. But not until last week were the two directorates able to come to terms. The merger will be effected by an exchange of stock on a ratio which, at prices prior to the announcement, was a boon to Calumet's shareholders. They will receive 3¼ shares of Phelps Dodge for one of Calumet, also a special $2.50 dividend. July 1 prices were $15¼ for Phelps, $35¼ for Calumet. After taking in Calumet's $84,000,000 assets...
...From St. John, N. B. to Armonk, N.Y. flew Clarence Duncan Chamberlin. Strapped to a stretcher in the cabin was his friend and pupil Ruth Nichols whose back was injured in the crash that ended her attempt of a transatlantic flight (TIME, June 29). Prior to fetching Miss Nichols, Flyer Chamberlin had taken his Crescent monoplane to Floyd Bennett Airport, New York City, hung out a sign coaxing joy-hoppers to "fly with a pilot who flew the Atlantic," promising an autograph on every ticket. Immediately Roosevelt Flying Corp. hired Roger Q. Williams, just released from "alimony" jail, made...