Word: forecasted
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...forecast, George Akerson, President Hoover's No. 1 secretary, went cinema last week. He resigned his $10,000 White House job to take a $30,000 position as public relations executive with Paramount-Publix Corp. President Hoover, whom as Secretary of Commerce Mr. Akerson had helped greatly to build up popularly and politically to receive the Republican nomination, spoke of his "great regret at losing an old friend." Adolph Zukor, P.-P. president, hailed his new executive as "a splendid example of manpower...
...business slump. Some dealers still have unwieldy stocks of second-hand cars. Although inventories of the manufacturers and dealers are in the best condition in years and cash reserves are high the industry as a whole is overexpanded. The Automobile Salon (TIME, Dec. 15) forecast the efforts the companies contemplate to court sales in 1931. Foreign sales for 1930 decreased 44%, compared to a domestic drop of 30% in new car registration, and many companies must consider foreign factories to escape tariff walls. Yet the industry as a whole is rich, in strong hands. Most companies are in a position...
...from the earliest times, including the schemes of Abbe Pierre and Sully. It concludes with the League of Nations, and the so-called World Court. The League is regarded from a critical point of view, with the action of the United States in not joining being analyzed. An interesting forecast is made of the future position of the United States as concerns its participation in European affairs and in attempts to establish some sort of control for the whole world...
...which he had failed to declare $229,000 in his income tax returns. The Internal Revenue agent in Chicago an nounced last week that Scarface's own bank-accounts, and records of his nu merous gambling-joints, nightclubs, dog tracks, were being searched diligently; his indictment was forecast before spring. Law & Order did not know where Scarface was last week. One report positively located him, heavily guarded, in a North Side (enemy) Chicago restaurant. An other had him sojourning on a California ranch, where he spoke to newsgatherers: "Don't make public where this ranch is . . . Federal raps...
Gain v. Loss. Republicans conceded the loss of 15 to 30 House seats. Democrats estimated "sure gains" at 35. To fulfill the Shouse forecast they needed to take 53 seats from Republicans. These were to come, according to the Democratic chairman, as follows: seven from New England; 15 from the middle Atlantic States; six from the South; 30 from the Midwest...