Word: default
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...last week by trading some of his Utilities Power & Light debentures for the securities held by Jesse Jones, thus giving Atlas Corp. working control of the system. Mr. Jones was also pleased because Utilities Power & Light bonds are at present paying interest, whereas his holdings were in default. Last week Mr. Odium declared that Atlas Corp. did not intend to manage Utilities Power & Light, that its move was purely a "temporary investment...
...there came the day when Helen Jacobs had her chance to win. In the U. S. finals at Forest Hills, she was leading 3-0 in the third set. Mrs. Moody suddenly walked off the court, explained to the umpire that her back was hurting her, that she must default...
...purse." Taking potshots at what it termed "corporate hocus-pocus," the report bristled with sardonic subheadings. Samples: Holding Companies are Devices for Fraud; The Corporate Web of I. M. M.; The Munson Maze; The Grace Enigma; The Deceptive A. G. W. I. Corporate Network; Millions Due the Government in Default, but Contractors and Lobbyists Continue to Profit...
...sugar deal, Cuban sugar securities, many of them long since written off by investors as a total loss have come suddenly to life. Cuba Cane products, the island's largest producer, was reorganized last February as Cuban Atlantic. Francisco Sugar's 7½ bonds (in default) have jumped from 23? on the dollar to 44? since the year end. Certificates of deposit for Camaguey's 7% bonds soared from 2½? on the dollar to 12?. Manati's preferred stock climbed from $4 per share to $10. Cuban-American, one of the island...
...Francisco last week, reporters found famed Helen Wills Moody on a station platform with a trunk full of tennis rackets, bound for Wimbledon where the All-England championships start June 24. Retired since her default to her ablest rival, Helen Jacobs, in the National Championships at Forest Hills in 1933, she explained that she had been practicing this spring, gradually convinced herself that her game was as good as ever. Said she, about her trip to Wimbledon: "I just made up my mind to go this afternoon...