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...went the speech-while outside the long lines of police, hands joined, resisted and almost sank beneath wave on wave of mob. The priest promised a (roughly) 60? dollar, praised the President for having the "intestinal fortitude" to fight Morgan. At a mention of Al Smith (see above) the crowd jeered, booed...
...coveted prize of the China tea fleet, though he had come as near as nothing to it; this voyage he swore he would do it. And he was going strong, with good winds, when one foggy night a steamer rammed him. Only one boatload got away before the Blackganntlet sank. Nearest port was at Fayal in the Azores, 700 miles away; Officer Trewsbury thought they had a fair chance of making it till he discovered how much of their boat's stores were ruined or missing. Then there was nothing for it but to keep going as long...
...head and neck a full ten feet out of the water and waved it about as if it were getting its bearings. It was some 500 yards away and I could not see the exact shape of its head, but it was much thicker than the body. Then it sank down into the water again and sped away, making a great wash of white foam...
Lots of warm sunshine on a two-day trip down the Potomac aboard the Sequoia knocked out the last remnants of President Roosevelt's cold. As Sunday's sun sank the yacht put in at Washington Navy Yard. At 8 130 he was in his White House study as visitors began to arrive in answer to a special call. In trooped dandified little Secretary of the Treasury Woodin, suntanned Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, portly Attorney General Cummings. At their heels came Federal Reserve Governor Black, R. F. C. Chairman Jones, Currency Comptroller O'Connor, Budget Director Douglas...
...Dollars sank last week to the lowest level since the U. S. quit the gold standard -65?. Because President Roosevelt had not yet seen fit to devalue the dollar, the price is determined by supply & demand in international exchange. And because the U. S. has a 'favorable trade balance, demand is normally greater than supply. Whence the dollar flood that has eaten away 35? of every 100? in each U. S. dollar since last April? Continental money-changers, canniest of whom are reputed to be "the Greeks," delight in selling dollars short, but bankers know that that accounted...