Word: silvering
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Dates: during 1940-1940
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...subsistence. Mexico has a beautiful new highway system through its lofty, beautiful mountains and tourists last week flocked to Mexico City as once they did to Paris in springtime, but the peso has dropped to six to the dollar and the possibility that the U. S. may stop buying silver has every Mexican businessman in a sweat...
...Morgan (Sr. and Jr.), Henry Clay Frick, Judge Gary, Myron C. Taylor, George F. Baker-no swarm of Manhattan newshawks waits outside the door. Their monthly meetings are devoted strictly to business, not to making publicity. The directors hear about broad company policies from their youthful, silver-haired chairman, Edward R. Stettinius Jr., keep up with production and sales operations by listening to tough-fibred, gregarious President Ben Fairless, learn about fiscal problems from their precise Finance Chairman Enders McClumpha Voorhees...
Before the uphill pull to Virginia City (pop.: 500) time was found for a mammoth parade headed by Errol Flynn in fancy pants and six shooters, and Mrs. John Hay ("Liz") Whitney bestriding her $20,000 silver-embossed saddle. Also in the riding was pretentious Manhattan Saloonkeeper Jack Kriendler, but his saddle cost only $5,000. Leo Carrillo rode his horse through the bar and lobby of the Riverside Hotel. Others rode everything from cayuses to Cadillacs, but kept between the packed lines of shouting, hooting, yippeeing sidewalk fans...
...your Feb. 26 issue, in the article about Tom Dewey's tour, it stated that in Helena, Mont., the people "eke out a meagre existence from gold, copper & silver mines, sheep & cattle ranches, the production of wheat, corn, oats, potatoes...
...certain Dalmatoff, formerly an old Russian colonel. As commanding officer, Budenny managed to get badly bruised up by Whites in Northern Kuban as late as early 1920, then repeated the same maneuver in Galicia in summer of 1920, and eventually distinguished himself by losing his transport and sterling silver wind ensemble of his outfit to the already defeated and . . . pitiful troops of Wrangel...