Word: states
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...your issue of July 15 you give a list of the United States cities which have buildings of 21 or more stories. In this list you state that Boston has 65, the same as Chicago. Boston has only two-the Custom House Tower, 495 feet, and the United Shoe Machinery Building in process of erection, 27 stories. A third one is projected comprising 22 stories. There is one of 15 stories and two or three of 14 and a large number from ten to twelve...
...father, James A. Macauley, was born in Ireland, came to this country at the age of 12, later fought in the Civil War where he lost an arm in battle and spent nine months in Confederate prisons. The elder Macauley was West Virginia's first Secretary of State. The son went to Lehigh University, took a law degree at George Washington University, became (1895) patent attorney for National Cash Register...
Many a Manhattanite last week began to think that putting savings in a sock was perhaps not such a foolish idea. Just as state officials were making a final report on last February's City Trust Co. failure (TIME, Feb. 25), their statements shared headlines with first investigation of Clarke Bros., another Manhattan banking firm which last fortnight closed its doors. First reports put the Clarke failure at $4,000,000, gave depositors hope of getting 25 cents on the dollar. Later it seemed likely that the failure was for $5,000,000. that 5 cents on the dollar...
...York State banking law permits private bankers in smaller cities to accept smaller accounts without supervision, the amounts varying with the size of the city...
...Peggy Saunders) Mitchell, Miss Betty Nuthall. Youngsters passed over: Eileen Bennett, Joan Fry, Joan Ridley. Fight. Because he seemed to have no intention of carrying out an old contract with Arthur Bulow, his onetime manager, Heavyweight Max Schmeling was forbidden to box in New York State by the State Boxing Commission. The Bulow contract called for a fight with Phil Scott, third-rate Britisher. If Schmeling fights Scott he may thereafter fight in New York. If he does not, the Schmeling-Sharkey world's championship fight may be in Detroit, Boston, Montreal, Chicago. Track. Last week...