Word: credite
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...shake-down" arrests of women. The method: he would seek out and compromise a woman, wait for the police to arrive. If she were willing to bribe the officers, Latore got a split of $5 or $10. If she would not pay, at least the police got credit for an arrest, plus rake-off from bondsmen and lawyers to whom they recommended the case. Sample of the many tales with which Witness Latore made Manhattan gasp: "I went back to the hotel and [Plain-clothesman John J.] Stiglin gave me something like $40 or $50 . . . because this girl was supposed...
...both attend race meetings? May it not be presumed that they make wagers at the race tracks? Did not Gambler Guzik own a fine home not a block away from State's Attorney Swanson's? Why, so far from being a reprehensible "vagrant," Mr. Guzik was a "credit" to the community. After brief deliberation, the jury returned a verdict of not guilty. "That's fine!" cried Mr. Guzik. "I knew you gentlemen would see it. I'm a businessman. I thank...
...faculty (approved by A. M. A.) a raise. The Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools of the Southern States in its meeting three weeks ago suspended Mississippi's four colleges, barred their representatives from participation in Association business. Mississippi students transferring to other colleges will get no credit, will have to take examinations anew. Hardest hit are medical students, for after their two-year course at Missis sippi they must transfer, finish elsewhere...
...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...
...years the firm has been friendly with all Scandinavian countries. In England it is well known through its associate, Brown, Shipley & Co., in which Montagu Norman was a partner before he became head of the Bank of England. In Brown Bros, originated the Traveler's Letter of Credit. From the day when the first great foreign loan was placed in the U. S. in the form of a $500,000,000 Anglo-French issue, Brown Bros, have been the principal for all French loans. In Brown Bros. Wall Street office the son of many a prominent foreign banker learns...