Word: third
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week in Seattle, Wash., where liquor may be legally purchased only in State-owned stores, the third act closed on a little drama reminiscent of Prohibition's bloody reign...
Most likely field for new elevator business in the near future is that of apartment houses and housing projects. What in view of this appeared to be an extremely astute transaction, was announced by Westinghouse last week: the acquisition of old, privately owned A. B. See Elevator Co., third largest in the land and a specialist in medium-height elevator jobs...
...holding company's principal asset, or one share of a prior preferred stock in the new company. Alleghany's capitalization is more complicated-common stock, two issues of preferred, three bond issues. Two of the bond issues will be assumed by the new company. Holders of the third issue, the famed 5s of 1950, will be offered $200 in cash, $800 in preferred stock of the new company for each $1,000 bond. Holders of Alleghany prior preferred will be offered $7.50 in cash and one-half a share of new prior preferred. For Alleghany...
...Coffee, Miss., R. J. Knight exhibited a 7-ft., 198-lb. sturgeon, produced six witnesses who swore that after the fish had broken several trotlines, Fisherman Knight had hooked it, two of his companions had ridden it to shore, a third had shot it dead with a rifle...
SCOTS - Robert Gore-Browne - Doubleday, Dor an ($4). A spirited attempt to clear the evil name of Mary's third husband. Lord Bothwell's assault marriage after murdering Husband No. 2, his callous treatment of wives and mistresses were only black protestant lies inspired by his genius as a Border fighter, says this hot-collared biographer...