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There was another reason for the stock rise. For the first time in its history, U.S. Steel decided to split its stock-3 shares for 1-if the stockholders approve next May. By thus lowering the price of its stock, Big Steel hoped to widen the ownership, and win more friends who might influence Congress if there is any more talk of putting the Government into the steel business. Next day, in a 55,100-share turnover-greatest since Nov. 7, 1940-U.S. Steel closed at 77½, up 4⅝ points, though the rest of the market sagged...
Arguments for some sort of freshman document are perfectly sound. Its chief value lies in its photographs, which enable men to look up familiar faces and widen acquaintances. But there is little use for two such records, especially when they are so alike and one does not appear until sophomore year. Of the two, the Register, coming while freshman year is still young, certainly is the more valuable...
...time when there is a great need to bridge the gulf between college and non-college people of college graduates are to assume places of leadership in their communities, such a policy of indiscriminate deferment to all college students would widen this gulf in causing rightful indignation by all those not favorably affected by such an unwarranted deferment policy. Nathan J. Siegel...
Premier Wong was also faced by Red pressure in supposedly "safe" areas. In Shanghai, Communists gleefully helped widen a split in U.S.-Chinese relations-capitalizing on Chinese fears of a revived Japan, they sparked student demonstrations against...
...films were equally interesting to "the engineering, production and spare parts division as well." Churches found that foreign missionary activities received more generous support when parishioners were brought, by the motion picture, directly to the countries to be served. Banks and trade associations began to use the films to widen the broad knowledge that their employees need in their jobs. Colleges and schools found that the films made academic subjects come alive...