Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Lady Helen Vivien Decies, 39, daughter and heiress of the late George Jay Gould, wife of John Graham Hope de la Poer Beresford, 5th Baron Decies, Boer War veteran; of jaundice and heart attack; in London...
...little idea had flashed across some veteran's brain last summer. He passed it on; presently it was advocated by a large minority of the American Legion, on these counts: 1) the Government did not issue almost unnegotiable certificates to the railroads and contractors for their War losses; 2) it would put new, Depression-raising cash into circulation. Investigation disclosed these facts: certificates of $3,400,000,000 face value have been issued to 3,680,704 veterans since 1925. Today they are worth 52% of their face value. Veterans can borrow 22% of that value from banks...
...extra cash in circulation was unsound economics inasmuch as it was unknown if and how the money would be spent. They also warned that the extra burden of the payment in taxes and depressed prices, particularly with the Government facing a deficit, would fall hardest of all on Veteran Jim Jobless. While the argument went on, domestic bond-prices dropped about $12 and Government 4½s dropped $27 per $1,000 bond. Agitators for the cash Bonus cried: "Manipulation!" Bankers, really worried, looked glum...
Died. Mrs. Lucie Oelrichs Jay, 75, Manhattan socialite, relict of the late Col. William Jay (Civil War veteran, lawyer), daughter of the late Henry Oelrichs, general director of North German Lloyd Steamship Co. in the U. S.; of apoplexy; in Manhattan. Famed for her Wartime anti-German activities, she campaigned against Conductor Karl Muck, founded the New York City Anti-German Music League and Mrs. William Jay's Committee for the Severance of All Social & Professional Relations With Enemy Sympathizers...
...spite of the fact that the squad is improving unusually quickly from the effects of the layoff, the squad is in badly weakened condition, with two of its best men not yet able to report for practice. Vahan Moushegian '32, veteran center, has appeared only once during the informal practices that have been held during the past two weeks, and with an examination ahead fo him, will probably not be able to play on Saturday. C. H. Hageman '33, who has starred at right guard, has likewise been unable to get into shape for the coming match, and although...