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...aroused both State and City to consultations. Governor Bridges' textile committee pointed out that one of the immediate reasons for Amoskeag's inability to do business was a heavy burden of fixed charges. Applying for a 77B reorganization in December, Treasurer Dumaine proposed to lighten this load by getting holders of Amoskeag's outstanding $11,000,000 in bonds to exchange them for stock. Nearly half the bondholders, however, chose to take cash instead of new securities-more cash than the company could pay. The March flood completed Amoskeag's distress. Fortnight ago a bankruptcy referee...
Last week Belgium was added to the countries that considered the Santa Maria's load a hot potato. The freighter headed south, supposedly bound for Arabia and China. But the shippers had been busy. The Santa Maria turned about, met a Belgian barge on the high seas, unloaded TNT and incendiary bombs and then, with only a few innocent planes and machine guns, once more sailed up the Thames and put in at East London's Silvertown. Once more Captain Allen pleaded his case in vain before London port authorities, left for Spain with a cargo of sugar...
...Elected on a platform promising ''$25 a month dividends to every citizen." Alberta's sanctimonious, bulb-eyed Premier William C. Aberhart explained: "We haven't the money. I'm sorry." Fact was that ''Bible Bill" Aberhart had inherited a $150,000,000 load of indebtedness from his predecessors, had only $140,000 with which to make an interest "token payment" on the two defaulted issues. Social Crediteer Aberhart decided to pay no token...
...unexpected way, it has offered the "war-born" generation of the United States their greatest opportunity collectively to influence national policy. Yet with the approaching Patriots' Day demonstrations, it is only their attitude--halfhearted or deadly serious--that will decide whether these Future War Veterans know how to load their own guns, and then fire them...
Greatest of Federalist scandals was the killing, in a duel, of Alexander Hamilton by his bitter political opponent, Aaron Burr. The New York Chronicle of July 13, 1804 described the fatal affair with impressive simplicity: "They then proceeded to load the pistols. . . . The gentleman who was to give the word then explained to the parties the rules. . . . Both parties took aim and fired. . . . The fire of Col. Burr took effect...