Word: wall
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Last week Wall Street recalled that Gerard Barnes Lambert, merchandising brains of Lambert Co. ("Listerine"), became president of Gillette Safety Razor Co. year and a half ago at no salary but with the agreement that if he should push earnings back to $5 a share he would receive a bonus of 20,000 shares of Gillette stock: if he jacks earnings up to $6 he will receive another 20,000 shares...
...Harvard for a number of years. Only four regulars will be lost by graduation, while strong reenforcements will come up form this year's sterling Freshman lineup. Captain A. T. T. Schumacher '33, right outside, and C. H. Parker ocC, left inside, will be lost from the forward wall, while T. A. Waters '33, right halfback, and R. E. Eaton '33, left halfback, will leave vacancies in the halfback line. H. V. Briesen '33, substitute back, are also lettermen graduating. Five excellent forwards form the Freshman team will bolster the team at what has been its weakest point during this...
...through the action. Electric Bond & Share declared its regular stock dividend but announced that in future payments will be determined annually. Its big subsidiary, United Gas Corp., halved its first preferred. Transamerica Corp. announced that while it could pay a dividend now it will not. Penick & Ford, Ltd. surprised Wall Street by doubling its usual 50? extra. Chesebrough Manufacturing and Bon Ami maintained their extra payments but Coca-Cola passed its usual $1 extra (blamed: taxation). R. H. Macy & Co. passed its usual 5% stock extra. Chesapeake & Ohio maintained its $2.50 rate and is the only U. S. road...
...partner of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. Mr. Walker served for many years as president of Blair & Co., and when in 1929 that company was acquired by Transamerica Corp, he was chosen to succeed Amadeo Peter Giannini. His policies angered Mr. Giannini, brought him back from retirement, led to one of Wall Street's greatest proxy fights which Giannini won with 63% of the shares. It was also established last week that Jerome J. Hanauer, a Kuhn, Loeber since 1890, partner since 1912, will resign at the year...
...Richard examined the pipe. It was about 1 1/6 in. in diameter, about 3 ft. 5 in. long, in the form of an S-bend. At the tub end of the tube was a perforated waste guard. The other end of the tube was open and passed through the wall to let the tub water run out onto the open ground. Sir Richard put his lips to the pipe's open end, blew. A low, sepulchral reverberation grumbled up the pipe. "The natural frequency of the pipe when blown into by mouth was about 161-that is, three octaves...