Word: downs
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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How great was 1929's gain in corporate earnings over 1928? The answer cannot be given until the last late report is issued, but last week the National City Bank issued a preliminary summary of the first 806 companies to issue statements. Total earnings showed a gain of 12.5...
In the Manhattan office of the U. S. Appraiser of Customs, last week, seven solemn gentlemen sat down for a series of unmannerly, inquisitive tea parties. Ignoring social usage, they did not gather at tea time but in the morning when their senses were acute. Ignoring polite tradition, they sniffed...
Once a year do the prime teatasters of the U. S. gather for this function. Their duty: to safeguard U. S. tea-buyers from tea that is below standard quality and purity. Each year about 100,000,000 pounds of tea are offered for U. S. importation. In 1922, 1.85...
Last week another company received resuscitation in this manner. Eitingon Schild Co., Inc. is the world's largest fur organization, has usually reaped big profits from pelt operations extending around the world. Last fall, however, when stocks crashed the fur market had its most violent decline in history, average...
Jaunty, cocksure, well-muffled and goggled, Carey Pridham, 29, married, strode over to his Pitcairn Super-Mailwing at Newark, N. J. airport an early morning last week. He opened the mail compartment, chucked in his load of mail, and climbed into the pilot's seat. The Wright Whirlwind, nicely...