Word: worthing
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...poll of the committee in charge indicates a pigeon-holing is in the offing. Apparently it took relatively few hours for the majority of the committee (so far polled) to come to the conclusion that the weighty arguments of such men as Drs. Conant and Parks were worth nothing compared to what may be called, if politeness is to be stretched to its farthest limit, the illogic and misinformation of organizations like the American Legion and D. A. R. Why? Because these men are mere individuals, have single votes. It takes relatively little temerity to fling names, and manhandle individuals...
Once home these men will indulge in test matches, while other aspirants will have a chance to prove their worth in a tournament. The first match with Vale is scheduled...
...Ridley Park, Pennsylvania; William R. Eyler, of Toledo, Ohio; Richard B. Finn, of Niagara Falls, New York; Ralph T. Fuller, of Hudson Ohio; Frederick W. Heckel, 3d., of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania; Lawrence M. Levinson, of Chattanooga, Tennessee; Allen E. Puckett, of Chicago Heights, Illinois; Joseph S. Harvin, of Fort Worth, Texas; Walter J. Bate, of Richmond, Indiana; Richard R. Beatty, Jr., of Kansas City, Missouri, Clayton J. Clawson, of Madera, California; Edger L. Haff, Jr., of Fort Edward, New York; Martin Lichterman, of Brooklyn, New York; William W. Minton, of Middletrow, Ohio; Walter P. Neumann, of New Britain, Connecticut; John Nevins...
...think about than George Westinghouse's last sad years. For 1935 the company reported profits of nearly $12,000,000, best figure since 1929 and a whopping increase over the measly $189,000 reported for 1934. In the three years before that, Westinghouse piled up $20,000,000 worth of deficits, and its stock sold as low as $15 per share. Last week Westinghouse...
Depression sunk National Surety Co., not because thieving employees became more numerous but because bank failures and defaulted real estate mortgage bonds became so common. In May 1933, National Surety Co.. awash with $45,000,000 worth of guaranteed real estate mortgage bonds, went into the hands of George S. Van Schaick, at that time New York State Superintendent of Insurance. The Company was then succeeded by the Corporation. Directors & management of the Corporation bore a strong resemblance to directors & management of the Company,* but the Corporation abandoned the business of guaranteeing mortgage bonds and bank deposits, went back...