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...innocent!" The words came from a young man, his back against a wall. A moment later eight rifles spat fire and lead. The young man fell forward, dead. He was 28-year-old Alfredo Jauregui who, a week before, had drawn a black ballot† that meant death for the murder in 1917 of General Jose Manuel Pando, onetime President of Bolivia...
...Manhattan hospital, who is famed for his technique in operations on cancer of the throat. Dr. Mackenty excised Senator du Pont's vocal cords, larynx and part of his tongue and windpipe. So that the senator could breathe, Dr. Mackenty cut a hole in the front wall of his neck and to it fastened the upper rim of his windpipe...
Bonds. Most of the money in Wall Street is being turned into the bond market. Ordinarily this would increase prices for these securities. It has not because last week investors were asked to buy $189,115,000 in new issues. They, or brokers for them, bought them all. The introduction of new bonds for that amount raised the total of new issues for October to the largest figure for any month of the year...
...several previous quarters, earnings of General Motors Corp. have exceeded those of U. S. Steel. This time, General Motors' excess over their financial rival is 55%. The current situation presents a quandary to Wall Street...
...Steel reports have long been business barometers. But "as Steel goes, so goes the market," is no longer a Wall Street axiom. The decline in Steel earnings failed to depress the market last midweek when the report flashed over financial tickers. On the contrary, stocks moved higher probably because of the more glamorous General Motors figures. The automotive industry is now the dominating factor in U.S. industry...