Word: warde
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...bounce from Pulitzer's St. Louis Post-Dispatch to the Chicago Tribune to the New York Herald before settling down in 1909 as a reporter for the World. There he soon became one of the best reporters in a Manhattan galaxy of byliners that included Irvin Cobb. Frank Ward O'Malley and Richard Harding Davis. Herbert Swope's unique asset: overwhelming personal charm. Said an envious New York Telegraph reporter: "He finds out who is the principal source of information, and proceeds to fascinate that person. He will not let the victim go until he has coughed...
...Said Kenneth Ward, partner of Hayden, Stone & Co.: "Common stocks are being purchased as a hedge against long-term inflation. Investors are beginning to realize that many companies are lowering their break-even points, so that when business improves, profits will be better than ever. If we get a pickup in durable sales and a cleaning out of inventories, there will be grounds for a new bull market...
...When Lee Ward departed in a chill, amiable Chris Finkbeiner took the courthouse steps, wrinkled his brow, thrust hands deep in his pockets and began: "You know, this is my first talk in a county square, and I brought my wife and family to watch over me while I give this first courthouse-square speech here in Warren. I want to be Governor and I'm willing to work at it. Now folks, Mama got kinda excited and she lost one of her gloves. Any of you find it, why I'd appreciate it kindly...
...Couple of months ago," said a clerk in Warren, "I would have said that Ward and Finkbeiner were wasting their time trying to run against Faubus. But now I don't know." With issues clearly laid out and personalities amply identified, Arkansas voters last week got set to hear more-and the more they heard the more it appeared that front-running Orval Faubus was going to have to run hard and fast...
...Executive Committee Chairman Frank M. Folson, who took over as chairman of the Kress executive committee after the foundation forced a change in Kress policy in an effort to halt slipping sales. Born in Auburn, Me., Cobb attended the University of Maine ('35), worked for Montgomery Ward as regional catalog-order manager before joining W. T. Grant, where he rose to become store planning director. He joined Zeller's Ltd. as executive vice president in 1955, became president in September of the same year. As Kress president, his job will be to open more stores, build up sales...