Tag: March 1929
Herbert Hoover, Inauguration Disruption, Washington D.C. 1929
March 3, 1929, was supposed to be a momentous day in American history as Herbert Hoover took the oath of office as the 31st President of the United States. But Mother Nature had other plans. A drizzly rain, flecked with large flakes of snow, had Washington, D.C., residents scrambling to stay dry as they prepared…
Rockefeller’s Billion-Dollar Grudge Match: A Battle for Control of Standard Oil Co.
In the oil tank town of Whiting, Indiana, a high-stakes showdown is brewing. Next Thursday, John D. Rockefeller Jr. and Col. Robert W. Stewart will engage in a proxy battle for control of the billion-dollar Standard Oil Co. of Indiana. This clash of titans promises to be a spectacle unlike any other in the history…
