Word: remarkable
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...going to have his conference with U. S. railroad men. He replied that he would not do so until the Interstate Commerce Commission announced its decision on the railroad application for a 15% freight rate rise, which he understood would be in a few days. Washington immediately took this remark as an obvious White House nudge in the commissioners' dignified ribs to hurry up and grant the rate rise before the roads folded up completely. In their own good time, last week the eleven commissioners, Mr. Mahaffie dissenting, let the commission's pleasure be known. Instead of granting...
...protested to no avail when his fourth personal foul was called. After up-braiding the laughing Struck at great length he was jokingly collared by Ulysses Lupien who rubbed Struck's and Hanna's heads together. The band turned out in full force and one correspondent was heard to remark that their music sounds swell out of doors...
Despite the fact that the practice was held from 12:30 to 1:30 o'clock quite a few spectators turned up to view proceedings. One can imagine the immensity of the throng from the remark of a member of the Freshman Hockey team: "There's even a lot more people here than come to our games. It must be the Bruins." Several officials of the H. A. A. were also seen there, probably to make sure that none of Stubbsmen were tempted to renounce there amateur standing...
York Stock Exchange already had a rule against short sales "below'' the last price, SEC's action was not on its face of great importance. * More significant was SEC's remark that since the exchange's rule had not been effective, SEC would have to take over. Having thus prepared for a drag-out scrap Bill Douglas was surprised and pleased by the new exchange proposal. The Conway committee was made up of three exchange members, two nonmember partners and four outsiders, of whom one was New Dealer Adolf A. Berle Jr. and another, Publisher...
Last week after Pole Beck had returned to Warsaw, Danzig's private Führer Forster ended a speech in Berlin with this cryptic remark...