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...campaign, last week had barracks at Wöllersdorf-which was used as a prison camp for opponents of Dollfuss and later Schuschnigg-soaked with gasoline and set afire. While thousands gaped and the flames roared skyward with such intense heat that Orator Burckel was nearly scorched upon his rostrum and perspiration poured down his beet-red face, he shouted that Nazis will never again be locked up at Wöllersdorf. In Vienna there were rumors in responsible quarters that former Vice Chancellor Major Emil Fey did not recently commit suicide, but was called upon by Storm Troops...
...Dick Whitney and then preferred the Exchange's most serious accusation - "conduct apparently contrary to just and equitable principles of trade." Next morning, well knowing it might mean the end of the Exchange's claim that it requires no added SEC supervision, President Gay grimly mounted the rostrum of the Exchange and suspended Richard Whitney & Co. for insolvency (TIME, March 14). Wall Street's first reaction was outright incredulity that "The Corner" had not bailed out its favorite broker. But it was speedily apparent that The House of Morgan had known nothing of the pending debacle...
...opening the day's trading. Slowly the ticker tapped out the first sale-100 shares of Lehman Corp. at $25.50 per share. The market was dull. Suddenly the bell rang again, bringing trading to a sharp halt. As a man the hushed brokers turned toward the rostrum to hear an astounding announcement: the firm of Richard Whitney & Co. was unable to meet its obligations...
...organizations pay lip service to the lofty ideal of Free Inquiry, but with uncrring judgment the student body has given its patronage, and not a few of its nickles and dimes, to the group which chose to burlesque this ideal. But this is not all. Once gathered before the rostrum of James and Santayana, they pilloried the woman who stood there. With conduct that smacked of Union, Square they threw courtesy to the winds, catcalled, heiled, and howled...
These three men are Rostrum, Hatch, and Noonan. Frank Coleman will probably experience considerable difficulty with Rostrum in the 440-yard free style; the latter has hung up a time of five minutes flat, which is several seconds under Coleman's fastest clocking this season. But under heavy competition, Frank will undoubtedly better his own best...