Word: seconder
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Europa caught fire and burned for a loss of three million dollars, the most stupendous in the annals of marine fire insurance, (TIME, April 8). At the time incendiarism was suspected, could not be proved. Last week the Europa had been sufficiently salvaged and repaired to be launched a second time. As she slid into the water at Hamburg all seemed well; but suddenly a potent explosion blasted away almost half the launching ways and gear. Fortunately the Europa was two-thirds in the water when the detonation came and she escaped unharmed. Once again, as when the Europa burned...
...first act of Broadway Nights a group of tinted chorines dance before a mammoth synthetic rosebush. In the second act the celebration is repeated for orchids. The cast is headed by Odette Myrtil, a rough-voiced Parisienne who makes pantherlike glides around the stage while playing cardiac tunes on her violin. This combination of music and motion is popular, but by any comparative standard the name of Laura Lee, the show's small, vivacious song-plugger, should also be featured...
Died. Thomas E. Murray, 69, of Brooklyn, inventor (1,100 U. S. patents, second only to Thomas Alva Edison) and electrical utility expert (for many years in charge of all Edison companies in New York City); in Southampton...
Steel has lately been going at record pace. Best second quarter earnings since the war. . . . Unprecedented third quar ter generally predicted. . . . Industry operating at almost 95% of capacity. . . . Great Northern Railroad has bought 30,000 tons of steel rails. . . . Northern Pacific and Pennsylvania expected soon to place 15,000-ton orders each. . . . Rail roads will buy nearly twice as many freight cars in 1929 as they bought in 1928. . . . Two Chicago office buildings are using 14,-000 tons of structural steel. . . . General picking up in the building industry. . . . Automobiles expecting a 5,200,000 1929 production. . . . Production is expected...
Thus the industry in general. As for individual companies, U. S. Steel Corp.'s earnings were last fortnight estimated at between $92,000,000 and $94,000,000, compared to first half 1928 earnings of $87,866,000 (TIME, July 22). Bethlehem Steel, second biggest, had up to last week made no report. Of other potent steel companies, the following have announced 1929 earnings to date: Republic Iron & Steel Co. This Ohio company, with both William G. Mather, big-Cleveland-iron-man and Cyrus S. Eaton, big-Cleveland-steel-man, on its di rectorate, has made extraordinary progress during...