Word: atlases
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...during the next 15 months you do not deliberately snub or elude the inquisitive gentleman who represents the American Council of Learned Societies. Armed with a list of 1,000 questions, he will be combing the countryside, quizzing housewives, laborers, farmers, bankers, fisherfolk. To compile a mighty Linguistic Atlas of the U.S., first of its kind,* he and six other field workers left their base of operations at Yale University, New Haven, Conn, last week. First region whose dialects will be studied and charted on detailed maps, comprises the States of Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont and Connecticut...
Only a fortnight ago Atlas Utilities Corp., investment trust headed by astute Floyd Bostwick Odium, 39, set Wall Street talking by its sudden acquisition of $9,000,000 Ungerleider Financial Corp. and $20,000,000 Sterling Securities Corp. (TIME, Aug. 17). Last week Atlas made its twelfth purchase since June last year, one bigger than any of the others. This buy was control of Chatham Phenix Allied Corp., formed in September 1929, by the securities affiliate of $326,000,000-in- resources Chatham Phenix National Bank & Trust Co., Manhattan...
...almost anything and $50,000,000 to do it with. It had only about $36,000,000 (a large part in common stocks) in its coffers when it changed hands last week, but this brought to around $75,000,000 the assets of the investment structure controlled by expanding Atlas. Atlas promptly changed Allied's name to Securities Allied Corp. At present the most prominent investment trust which remains directly affiliated with a bank is the $64,000,000 Continental Chicago Corp., identified with big Continental Illinois Bank & Trust...
...formed a private investment trust, first called U. S. Co., later Atlas Utilities Corp. The original investment of $40,000 was the base for successful operations and in September 1929, a public offering of stock was made. Despite the financial connections of President Odium and Director Howard, Atlas is a strictly independent trust...
First of the two trusts bought by Atlas last week was Ungerleider Financial Corp., formed in 1929 under the management of Samuel Ungerleider & Co. whose senior partner is cheery "Ohio Sam" Ungerleider. The other was Sterling Securities Corp., formed three years ago by the interests which sponsored Insuranshares Corp. It has two Hayden, Stone & Co. men on the board, was one of the first two investment trusts listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the other: General Public Service Corp.). Assets of the two trusts at the end of last year were $9,000,000 and $20.000.000 respectively. Atlas...