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...native sons, said he: "I need scarcely tell you that Mr. Mellon is of the class which regards property as sacred and feels that the bigger the property the more sacred it is. Raised in a bank, big finance has been his ideal. It has been his religion and Wall Street his mother church...
...Durant was compelled to sell out his control of the General Motors Corp. to a banking syndicate. But the genius of Chevrolet soon organized his own auto company, and is said to have done well in its shares on the Curb. In 1921-22 he "came back" in Wall Street by making $4 million in Studebaker; he accumulated 80,000 shares at 50 and sold them at or about par. Stockbrokers are now beginning to speak of Durant as "one of the Street's great operators," "a successor to James Keene...
...Harriman National Bank is situate on Fifth Avenue at 44th Street, about three miles from Wall Street...
...heavy selling. Either the insiders were "getting out," or else astute traders were "getting short" of considerable stock. Next day, when the news came out, the stock collapsed about 14 points; the rest of the week it continued to drop. For many months, American Woolen has been considered in Wall Street as a "mystery stock." Experts wrangled over just what its statements really meant. Speculators failed to make money either buying or selling its shares. It is a well-known fact that American Woolen is a "one-man" company-the individual in question being its President, William M. Wood. Particular...
...championship with a 96 (rather high) over the Rhode Island Country Club links at Providence, R. I. Eyebrows went up when she eliminated Louise Fordyce, Ohio State champion, in the second round. Eyebrows went higher, exclamations were heard, when she entered the semi-finals at the expense of Bernice Wall, of Oshkosh, Wis. When she carried Glenna Collett, ex-champion, to the 18th hole, squared her match with a deadly spoon-shot through trees, won at the 19th with a 15-foot caromed (lucky) putt, then jaws dropped, gasps were heard, tongues wagged long and loud. Such prowess...