Word: took
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Washington, Speaker of the House William Brockman Bankhead banged his foot on a bedpost, broke his toe, took to crutches...
...Jones's hearers took this lambasting in stony silence. The next night at the final convention dinner in the Hotel Willard, their reaction to 68 honor guests was equally frank. Cabinet members Frances Perkins and Henry Wallace got a cool reception; Lammot du Pont drew thunderous applause; ultra-conservative Justice James Clark McReynolds brought down the house...
...history, he wiped out virtually all of it-$295,000,000-with money taken from surplus plus a $142,000,000 issue of common stock. But between 1932, when Myron Taylor became chairman of the board, and 1935 Big Steel lost $100,000,000. New plant construction & improvement took $123,000,000 in 1937, is expected to amount to $80,000,000 more in 1938. With steel production again on the skids, this added up to a pressing need for cash. Three months ago U. S. Steel borrowed $50,000,000 from Pittsburgh, Chicago and Manhattan banks. Last week...
...Morgan side. Last week when Banker Morgan and his son, Junius Spencer Morgan, went to the SEC offices in Manhattan to tell what they knew of the Richard Whitney case, the only embarrassment was the blinding flicker of photographers' bulbs. Eyes closed in resignation, J. P. Morgan took the stand for half an hour. Respectfully treated by SEC Lawyer Gerhard Gesell and evidently serene as to his position, Banker Morgan spoke with such aplomb that he even allowed a couple of mild witticisms to creep into his testimony. Excerpts...
...Chicago Irishman named Andy Frain contrived to get caught crashing the gate at the Kentucky Derby, insisted on seeing Derby Impresario Matt Winn. Then he interrupted Colonel Winn's tirade, took him to a window, pointed out how inefficiently the crowds were being handled: Here was a gate not being used; there a parking space in utter confusion. Whipping out a blueprint of the grounds, Andy Frain presently persuaded Matt Winn to sign over the ushering to him. For last week's running of the Derby (see p. 40), Usher Frain needed the help of 250 trained aides...