Word: sayed
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...money it would have taken to have constructed them anew (according to the Committee of Public Relations of the Eastern Railroads). Railroads prefer the larger, replacement values upon which to base transportation rates, and so, profits. But shippers insist on a fixed, 1914 valuation. The I. C. C., they say, must catch the values of the railroads at some point, and the year 1914 is as good as any. People who use trains must pay profits on some fixed...
Accordingly, Chiang cabled Wang to hurry back from France, but kept his coming a secret, so that Wang landed last week with a maximum of theatrical suddenness. Chiang at once announced that Wang is still "President"† of the Nationalist Government. Who after all, shall say that Wang...
...America: "My daughter Clara, mother of five and wife of my able vice president, John T. Cassidy, is a businesswoman. Her company 'Clio et Claire' does a nice business in cosmetics. Last week I was said to have chuckled when she announced: 'It is ridiculous to say that women must always affect the same makeup. With some frocks, for example, red lips and pale cheeks only clash. Why shouldn't women paint their lips green? Or blue...
...Arthur Meeks of Belleville, Ontario, was pruning a tree last week. He sawed and sawed until a limb fell to the ground. Pruner Meeks was sitting on that limb. At the hospital, physicians say that he may not live...
...order to correct wild rumors, President Baker last week said: "While it is true that discussions . . . looking toward a possible merger of the two institutions have taken place, no agreement has been reached. It is impossible to say if a satisfactory agreement can be made." Shares in his bank are worth currently about $283 each; stock of President Austin's Seaboard National is worth about $755. If the merger succeeds, stock will be traded at about such values...