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...Governor's embargo rather than on the Federal law. They jointly informed the Governor that they would have to accept wheat for shipment, although they "realized the paramount necessity of higher grain prices for our farmers." The roads hoped that "if the people of North Dakota obey your command, common carriers will be in no way involved in this matter...
...that by merging the Chase with Equitable Trust in which the Rockefellers were heavy stockholders. Thereafter Mr. Wiggin was no longer the Chase's biggest stockholder*-that title had passed to John D. Rockefeller Jr.-but the Rockefellers were content to leave him in command. At that time Mr. Wiggin ruled a bigger bank than any American before or since: a bank with $148,000,000 each of capital and surplus, with over $2,000,000,000 in deposits. Days of trouble followed. Some of Mr. Wiggin's banking clients (Pynchon & Co., Fox Film, German debtors...
...club should command the support of many graduate students and faculty members and also undergraduates...
...face of this, the fact remains that Casey left Wells in command until the last two minutes of the Holy Cross game. Furthermore, Wells remains the best forward pass man on the squad. Certainly he showed lack of field judgment on several occasions, but criticism of his general policy is open to question. He was hampered by the fact that his linemen, magnificent on the defense, were not giving him enough drive on the offensive. Hence the number of passes...
...Eyres-Mon-sell, First Lord of the Admiralty, arched his right eyebrow a little higher with a denial. He said that certain maneuvers in the North Sea whither the Hood was bound had been postponed because of "heavy gales." At the Admiralty offices in London, the duty officer in command refused to make a statement of any kind for three whole days. Finally the Admiralty, which never makes explanations when they can be avoided, explained that the tussle on Cromarty beach did indeed take place last week, but "as part of the Fall maneuvers," a sham fight between "pirate" sailors...