Word: bruce
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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Barton Pinnacle was indicated in the will of Dr. William Eleazer Barton, Lincoln authority, father of Adman Bruce Barton, as the name which he wished given to a Kentucky mountain bequeathed by him to his alma mater Berea College...
...Tasker), the villain who wishes to awaken Prince ton from its beer-drinking lethargy. Vil lain Heyward also covets the affections of Miss Graham (Harry Dunham), daughter of Professor Graham (James Henry Breasted Jr., son of famed Orientalist Breasted of the University of Chicago). He is thwarted by handsome Bruce Pelham (James Stewart). The plot then skips 100 years by the simple method of having Mr. Logan fall off a building and lapse into a coma. Best feature of the futuristic sequences is a ballet mecanique, led by blond and birdlike Mr. Dunham. Premiere of The Tiger Smiles was held...
...Knickerbocker Trust closed its doors. That night, many great bankers gathered to consider the situation. At this conference trust companies appealed to banks for aid. When the public heard of the meeting tremendous runs started on two trust companies. Secretary of the Treasury George Bruce Cortel, now president of Consolidated Gas Co. of New York, arranged a $35,000,000 credit. On Oct. 24 a great panic swept the Exchange. Demand loans rose to 125%. J. P. Morgan and associates released $25,000,000 to assuage the situation. But not until Nov. 6 did bank runs stop...
...have always understood that Englishmen were accustomed to regard Americans with a more or less condescending attitude. If the actions of a certain element which attended the excellent lecture given by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather at the Harvard Union Tuesday evening can be called typically American, then we feel that the English attitude is entirely justified...
...Captain Bruce Bairnsfather, creator of "Old Bill," lectures at the Union tonight at 8 o'clock, portraying to Union members intimate views of his leading characters...