Word: tycoons
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Copper Tycoon Harry Frank Guggenheim, whom President Hoover sent to Cuba as Ambassador (TIME, Dec. 2), last week had his baptism by diplomatic fire...
...when he said: "You tried to borrow $100,000,000 in November from J. P. Morgan & Co. France was able to stop that (TIME, Dec. 30). I have information that as soon as this conference is over you will turn for your $100,000,000 to Ivar Kreuger [famed tycoon-director of the Swedish Match Trust, lender of millions to many a hard-up government]." M. Tardieu finished with a flat declaration that France would not give Germany the benefits of the Young Plan unless the German Government promises not to issue bonds liable to hurt the sale of Reparations...