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...hickory nuts. All of his money was in the hay business and he wanted to get married. With his friend Victor Bell he peddled the lumber bought for hay sheds, recouped part of his loss. That was the beginning of Long-Bell Lumber Corp., world's greatest lumber concern under one ownership. Long-Bell grew to a company with $108,000,000 in assets. Yet assets do not always earn profits. Lumber has long been bad. Last week, alarmed by mounting deficits, certain bondholders of Long-Bell asked for a receivership. Prompt to protest was Chairman Long...
...Statesman Stimson, as it appeared circumstantially, played the Barco con cession against the $4,000,000 loan and thus secured a triumph of dollar diplomacy? No, was his indignant answer. The two matters, while parallel, were separate and distinct. The State Department insisted that its sole concern in these negotiations was "the fostering of friendly relations...
...William Foxley Norris had an nounced that the prayer would not be used in Westminster Abbey, the Archbishop took no notice. He had bigger things afoot than praying for his country's pocketbook. The biggest thing that Dr. Lang has been working on is a cause of much concern to his great brother-in-God, Pope Pius XI. The Archbishop and the Pope have never met, doubtless never will; but if they should, they might well - much as great rival bankers might discuss a merger each has been trying to perform before the other-discuss the matter...
...transport company which opens up new territory, invests heavily in ground equipment and drums up its own traffic, generally lays claim to certain intangible pioneer rights over any independent concern attempting to invade its route. Late last month Arizona witnessed the start of the first major court test of pioneer rights...
...watches the antics of W. C. Fields, that veteran comedian of the stage whose finesse and superbly funny acting is worth the entire admission fee. As a humble barber and former vaudeville and circus performer, Fields in this film finds himself at a fashionable dinner of the ball bearing concern. With calm mien and steady eye he uses the aerial route to pass two eclairs from one end of a table to the other. Both land safely, and this success spurs the guest on to additional tricks reminiscent of his younger days. Throughout his performance, Fields makes more...