Self policing keeps Wall Street in check after 1929 crash
Sylvia Porter surveys Wall Street’s past abuses and the sweeping reforms since 1929. She notes the SEC’s watchdog role, mandatory disclosures, independent audits, and tighter NYSE rules that curb bear raids, pools, and touts while warning crimes persist.
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Wall Street
Utility
Investment Company and Investment Advisers
Securities and Exchange Commission
SEC
Edward N. Gadsby
New York Stock Exchange
SECS
Intelligence Tests The Senior Forum Cryptic Quiz Quiz for readers with questions on cows courts and cuisine
A short quiz by Dr George W Crane offers five questions worth one to five points. Topics cover dairy breeds in America, a cow anatomy term, a kangaroo court, the origin of chow mein, and the meaning of hard coal with multiple choice answers.
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Albert H Wiggin
Chase Bank
Bankers’ Group
George W. Crane
America
Swiss
Guernsey
Recruit Big Timer To Map Rec Plan
A column-enticing note urges recruiting a retiring executive from the town’s largest business to initiate a senior recreation program. The piece also includes a devious word-matching puzzle about meats and animal sounds, with scrambled text and questions.
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Big Timer
Rotary versus Reel Mowers Debate by Lou Tarr
The piece compares rotary and reel lawn mowers through a casual chat between two brothers in law, noting reel for smooth lawns and rotary for rough areas. It cautions on dull blades, clippings, safety features, and trying multiple mowers before buying while mentioning unrelated National Geographic trivia at the end.
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Rotary
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Sylvia Porter
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Supreme Court
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Singapore
Tokyo
Paul Hightower
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South Ave
Syracuse
Robert E. Dargan
Oshawa, Canada
the Church of the Light and Life
H. H. Hutt
By Lou Tarr
National Geographic Society
Midland Shopper Credit Service
Cathy
Midland
Credit Service
MSCS
Gupcana Shopper Credit Service
New York
Marine Midland Bank
Marine Midland
Call Granite
MR. Morgan
Ashley, Ohio
United States
Norman, Okio
Rosemary Offutt
Fire Department
Sherry
California
Seppe
Wine Land of America
Wine Advisory Board
Dept
Market Street
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