Word: walls
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Aside from his own self-confidence Chairman Farley found plenty to encourage him in the signs of the times last week. In Wall Street, where his candidate was unpopular, betting odds favored Roosevelt's election 2½-to-1. All except the most biased Republican newshawks touring the country reported evidences of a strong anti-Hoover tide still running. Even so ardent a claimer as Robert Lucas, ''brains" of the G. O. P. headquarters at Chicago, last week reported to President Hoover that only 270 electoral votes-a majority of four-were in sight for his reelection...
...Sinaia Palace, where the new Rumanian Cabinet received their seals and swore fealty to King Carol last week, Premier Maniu seemed to end his personal feud with the scapegrace monarch in these ringing words: "We will work to consolidate the Throne! We will erect a protecting wall about...
...Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. was 53, ten points below its Monday high. American Tobacco Co. was down eight points to 61. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. dropped from 31 to 28⅞. P. Lorillard Co., low already, held fairly steady, closing five-eighths of a point off at 13. Wall Street buzzed with rumors of impending price cuts on the four leading U. S. cigaret brands&-American's Lucky Strike, Reynolds' Camel, Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield, Lorillard's Old Gold-whose price is, and has been for years, 15? for a package...
Berths on the forward wall are much more definite at this stage. The Brown brothers, Rollie and Larry, will be seen in their usual tackle positions, with Tom Gilbane at center. These three regulars have been the foundation of the Brown line for two seasons, and have offered stony resistance at all times. The end posts will be filled by Frank Meadow and Mal Ball, both men having risen to places in the spotlight recently. Meadow, an unknown two seasons ago, has proven himself the best end on the squad, and a brilliant analyzer of plays while on the defense...
Last week's party in Philadelphia was the third held in the North. Social as the meeting was, there were speeches. At a luncheon given by Publisher Curtis the members shouted their applause when Hugh Bancroft of the Wall Street Journal told them that "in all probability the economic crisis has passed." They agreed thoroughly when he spoke against high taxes and said, "The cost of government constitutes the gravest obstacle to economic recovery." At dinner the members forgot that they were nonpartisan. Cheers drowned out hisses when Rubberman Firestone urged rhem to "set yourselves to stem the swelling...