Word: worthing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...A.M.A. on Jan. 1 was worth $3,821,102. This includes $2,090,414 in government, railroad, municipal and other bonds, $635,096 in cash, $867,564 in property and equipment...
...rights to Fisticuffer Louis' services, an inviting solution of this question was presented last week: a grand tour of Europe. For Fisticuffer Louis such an expedition might have notable advantages. If he beats Max Schmeling in June and Braddock later this summer, he will have trouble finding opponents worth fighting. In exhibition bouts he might be a more profitable attraction abroad than at home...
Last year the U. S. sold Iran $4,339,000 worth of machinery, bought $3,635,000 worth of rugs, furs, gum, quince seeds and pistachio nuts. That this business might be picked up by Britain was curiously anticipated by the London Sphere, which three weeks ago, ran on its second page a studio portrait of the King of Kings and a caption lifted intact from the Iran Government handouts which describe that monarch as born "of a very noble Persian family ... of the purest element of the Iranian race...
...term that Aliquippa became known to steelmen as the "perfect company town" and to labor agitators as the "Siberia of America." And it was under Mr. Girdler that J. & L.'s profits reached $20,800,000 in 1929. During Depression the company accumulated nearly $18,000,000 worth of deficits. Even under President Samuel E. Hackett, a master salesman, J. & L. lost a little money last year on total sales of $62,000,000. With total assets of $184,900,000 and 20,000 employes, J. & L. is geared, like all steel companies, for boomtime production. And with...
Except for the "Courtney Players" of the Showboat this movie is completely uninspired, with dull places in it that seem to go on forever. The Players are extremely amusing, however, and are worth sitting through the rest...