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Judge McGoorty said he declined the offer. "Such a truce is unthinkable," he told the grand jury. "There must not be any compromise with lawlessness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Big Fellow | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

...first U. S. Bosch company. Patent litigation over the name continued for many years, was decided in favor of the U. S. company a year ago (TIME, July i, 1929). But Robert Bosch prepared to appeal for the right to use his own name and last winter a truce was established. To run 49 years, it provided that in Cuba, Mexico, Canada, U. S. and U. S. dependencies American Bosch could use the magic word "Bosch," outside of this territory it would have to use "American Bosch." Similarly, in this U. S. territory Robert Bosch would have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosch to Bosch | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

Last week a far more effective truce between Robert Bosch A. G. and American Bosch was contemplated. American Bosch plans to issue more stock, acquire the U. S. Robert Bosch, become United American Bosch Corp. Significant is the omission of the word "magneto," since the Bosch activities are constantly widening. Instead of competition, complete harmony will reign over the relationship between Robert Bosch A. G. and United American Bosch, each acting as a sales outlet for the other, each cooperating 'in research. What thinks Germanophobe Garvan, who stoutly protested the formation of American I. G. Chemical Corp. (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bosch to Bosch | 11/17/1930 | See Source »

Thus a fair prospect of a truce in the West Coast oil war was born last week. Just why Standard of California should belittle the conflict as "the so-called price war" was not clear. The war scattered gasoline prices on the Pacific Coast over a range of from 9? to 19½? per gallon. It caused gasoline to be sold last week in San Francisco for 7?, in Los Angeles for 6?, in Tacoma for 8?, and in Seattle for nothing-an enthusiastic dealer giving away five gallons of gas to every motorist who had his oil changed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Gasoline Truce | 7/21/1930 | See Source »

...truce is over. A short period of preparation is left to the Military Corps to reenforce the shaky entrenchments and to roll the projectile-laden caissons to the front zone. Frightened recruits with a weakened morale await the attack side by side with hardened veterans bearing their ancient battle honors on the regimental standards. The estimable old lady of Mr. Auburn street again plays a relief role for Molly Stark, cramming the nervous soldiery with essentials and priming them with the finer point sof trench warfare. Last-minute instructions are issued by the tactical division as the coming campaign...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: "GOD HAVE MERCY ON US!" | 6/6/1930 | See Source »

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