Word: traders
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...company's Manhattan headquarters, an oak-paneled chamber in rich Louis XIV style, a painting of the late Pius XI behind his desk. Often he would gather aides to listen on earphones as he telephoned subsidiaries on every continent, suavely speaking in all major languages, a trader who could charm dictators and dicker deals in every monetary exchange...
...Francisco. His third wife (he has been divorced by all three) had a certain standing in San Francisco society. He was admitted to Seattle's semi-stylish Washington Athletic Club. Most of all, Frank Brewster followed the horses, as owner and fan. A fast trader, he has paid as much as $25,000 for a horse: Brief Moment, winner of the $10,000 Longacres Mile at Seattle in 1939. He was appointed to the Washington State Horse Racing Commission by Democratic Governor Clarence D. Martin in 1939, and was named chairman by Democratic Governor Monrad C. Wallgren...
Portly John Jacob Astor, 44, a fur trader by ancestry and a fur giver by inclination, appealed to a Manhattan court for rescue from his mixup. Torn between a dubious Mexican divorce from Gertrude, Wife No. 2, and a messy Florida separation from Dolly, Wife No. 3, J.J. begged to learn some legal answers to some turgid questions: 1) If he decides to kiss and make up, which woman is his lawful wife? 2) When he labors through his upcoming income-tax return, should he file jointly with Gert or Dolly? 3) If he were to die before...
...closer and faster until, finally, Jones is shot. At this ponit, it might have been stronger and better balanced for O'Neill's abridger to end his play, but he leaves the original ending--light enters the stage, civilization is introduced in the form of a skeptical white trader...
Eddy Duchin Story, in Technicolor, continuous from 1:30 p.m., at the U.T. Also, The Amazon Trader...