Word: lowering
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Dates: during 1930-1930
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...Governor of Ohio's office when President Lincoln called for volunteers, believes he was the first man to enlist. He became Colonel of the 1st Ohio Infantry, won medals, was later made provost of Ohio. From 1866-67 he was Speaker of Ohio's Lower House. He went to Ohio Wesleyan, is its oldest living alumnus...
Merging four banks at once would be difficult at any time. Unusual obstacles arose which threatened to block this long-awaited deal. A peculiar situation was known to exist in Bank of the United States. In 1913 this bank was formed in Manhattan's lower East Side. By 1928 it had grown one thousand-fold without a merger. Then, after Goldman Sachs Trading Corp. acquired a large block of its stock, it began to whirl through a period of expansion. Since May 1929 it has lost one-fourth of its deposits; its shares have tumbled from...
Last week the U. S. Supreme Court ruled on two cases called in question by the Department of Justice. A lower court had decided that the arbitration provision was coercive, denying theatre-owners their right to free, competitive trade under the anti-trust laws. It had decided that the clause requiring theatre-owners to assume predecessors' obligations was not in vio lation of that same...
...monetary problems: 1) Chancellor of the Exchequer Rt. Hon. Philip Snowden's reputed intent to convert a huge part of the $48,000,000,000 British 5% War bonds now outstanding, paying off the holders with the proceeds of a loan floated on current "cheap money" at a lower rate of interest; and 2) the imminent need in Australia for at least $200,000,000 of Dominion Government paper conversion...
...succeeding ones, Petrolle chased McLarnin round the ring, landed accurate, hard left hooks, floored him twice in the fourth round, bashed his vainglorious, boyish face into a bloody muddle. McLarnin, half conscious, streaked with blood that oozed from his eyes, his nose and a cut in his lower lip, fought back with courage. He won the ninth round and staggered through the tenth somehow. Winner Petrolle may soon be matched with Lightweight Champion Tony Canzoneri, to whom recently-before Canzoneri won his title-he gave a hearty drubbing...