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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Meanwhile the guilder had been a target for bear raiders all week, plunged one day fully 1? off parity, as the Bank of The Netherlands raised its discount rate from 3% to 5% to 6%, and grimly paid out 1/9 of its gold reserves to Dutchmen who are perfectly at liberty to hoard. The week closed with the guilder still 84.8% backed by gold...
...Page 8 Chief J. Edgar Hoover of the Federal Bureau of Investigation observed: "The average layman likes to believe that he could be an expert in solving crimes. But as with any other profession, only a small percentage of those who rate themselves qualified are fitted for criminal investigation." On Page 72, an old-fashioned advertisement urged: BE A DETECTIVE Earn big money Work home or travel Experience unnecessary
...gave stockholders an explanatory statement which cut considerable ground from under the Otis complaints. Reiterating that "it was in the best interest of the company not to deal with Otis & Co. as an underwriter," he outlined the benefits of the new first mortgage as follows: 1) Its interest rate is lower than the coupons of any of the bonds and notes it replaces; therefore a considerable interest saving would be effected. 2) Goodrich's reason for refunding the Hood Rubber notes, due in 1936 anyway, is to protect its investment in that company, which last March stood...
Most prolific State: New Mexico with a birth rate of 27.9. Least prolific State: California with a rate of 12.7. Most prolific city: Iowa City, Iowa with a rate...
...ethics in modern warfare. But in a brilliant chapter on the King and his reign, Biographer d'Ydewalle characterizes the daily routine of royalty in terms that are enlightening. Plagued by intriguing politicians, the highest compliment Albert could pay his minister was his sardonic "You, at any rate, have always told me the truth." One of his most trusted advisers was Vandervelde, onetime president of the Second International, and of him the king remarked, "He is more than an adversary, he is a rival." He brooded over the casual criticism of journalists. He saw hidden reflections in an article...