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Anybody with $206 had a chance to become a stockholder of J. P. Morgan & Co. this week. The House of Morgan, once the archsymbol of financial privacy, took the first step toward public ownership when it incorporated in 1940. This week it took another; through Smith, Barney & Co. it offered 16,500 of its 200,000 capital shares for sale at $206 each...
...should have, there is a good chance for a Crimson place here. Although Bill is not in shape yet, he is running much beter than last year. Clark of Yale is the man to watch, while Talbot, another Eli, and a free-lancer named Thompson are all good possibilities. Barney Ewell from Penn State is the best man in the country, and if he is entered, will be the favorite, closely followed by Davis of California...
Tipoff: the industry branches, which were one of the mainstays of Barney Baruch's organization in World War I, have been weak in this war, divided between Knudsen-Hillman and Leon Henderson. OPM took them all over last fall, since Pearl Harbor has intensified its efforts to make them a real policy bridge between Army & Navy and industry. Significantly Phil Reed is the policy head, not the production or sales genius...
When he had finished, white-haired, sedate Chaplain Ze Barney Phillips leaned over and whispered: "Mr. Prime Minister, you are the most perfect master of the English language in all the world." The Prime Minister grinned, replied: "After hearing your sermon yesterday [at Christmas services in Foundry Methodist Church] I know you should be a good judge...
Despite Kennedy's bearishness, the Hertz group chose to retain control, putting in a new management headed by bald, pleas ant Barney Balaban, oldtime Chicago exhibitor...