Word: westing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...open secret at present that the Democratic National organization is weak, uncoordinated. Mr. Davis' selection of Clem Shaver of West Virginia as Chairman of the National Committee did nothing to improve this condition. Mr. Shaver is not only shy and inexperienced, but as yet he has failed to exhibit traces of the dynamic, directing energy which is necessary to knit the local organizations into a great unit for the purposes of a national campaign. Many of the local units are strong, but they remain largely uncoordinated. The difficult task of altering this condition, therefore, rests largely on the candidate...
...newspaper interview the lovely Miss Wilson reported that she never wanted to see Tinney again, that she was through with Broadway, that she had accepted a motion picture contract out West "where men are men, and not black-face comedians...
...will be sound from a traffic as well as from a financial standpoint. Pere Marquette will serve to collect local traffic, and to distribute coal from the C. & O. The original Nickel Plate and Erie systems between them provide an excellent fast freight line into New York from the West. The Hocking Valley serves to connect the mileage of the C. & O., Erie and Nickel Plate. The consolidated system will touch New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Cleveland, Peoria, Newport News, Toledo, Detroit, Buffalo. The old Erie gives it one seaboard outlet on the Atlantic at New York...
...weakness much commented on in stock market circles lies in the fact that the new Nickel Plate system will not touch Pittsburgh. This means a heavy loss of valuable freight, and for some times rumors have been afloat that the Van Sweringens would also acquire the Pittsburgh & West Virginia road to strengthen their system. Some Cleveland parties, unknown, have purchased 40,000 shares of this road from the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co., with an option on 34,000 shares more; this is about a quarter of the total 300,000 shares of the road. When the Van Sweringens are asked...
...West-"where men are men and not black-face comedians." (P. 17.) Loud noise, emitted through the natural national mouthpiece...