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...ready to strike his first blow. March called on Heineman in Madrid and warned that he had better let him take over Barcelona Traction, in return for a minority interest, or suffer the consequences. Heineman refused...
...Profits. Ebro is the principal source of electricity for Spain's chief industrial region, the whole of Catalonia and the Ebro valley where the Spanish Loyalists made one of their last great stands. Since 1910, Ebro had dutifully paid out profits to its owner, the Canadian-incorporated Barcelona Traction, Light & Power Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of SIDRO, in turn a subsidiary of Dannie Heineman's Sofina...
...civil war blocked all currency exchange, and at war's end Franco refused to unblock Ebro's profits. With Barcelona Traction helpless to get at them, it fell far Dehind in interest payments on its sterling bonds. The bond prices tumbled, and Juan March started buying them up at bargain rates...
...Leahy's quarterback is the man about whom the play revolves. Leahy finds that new quarterbacks learn five times as quickly on a basketball court indoors. By wearing sneakers indoors, they have more traction and develop more self-confidence in their ability to spin and cut. At Notre Dame, the gym is also used for pass-catching drills, with passers bouncing footballs off the backboards; it makes Leahy's players more adept at grabbing deflected passes during a game...
...least twelve traction-machinery companies have shown interest in walk wheels, and a U.S. Army engineer has recommended them for further testing. Last week Inventor Kopczynski left for England to discuss his wheels with British manufacturers...