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...giving Lincoln-Mercury room to grow, he hoped to give more competition to General Motors and Chrysler (whose manufacturing units are all autonomous) in their medium and high price lines. Young Henry also had a man in mind for the job of bossing Lincoln-Mercury. Last week his brother, Benson, 28, was named a Ford Motor Co. vice president and put in charge of the new division. It was Benson's first major job in the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Brother's Turn | 2/9/1948 | See Source »

...Brooklyn, St. Luke's German Evangelical Reformed Church was about to move to new quarters. But before moving, the Rev. Benney Benson "deconsecrated" the old building with a service of his own devising (among other things, he threw a bottle of ink at an effigy of the devil). Reason: the athletic club which had bought the building planned to set up a bar on the premises...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana, Oct. 6, 1947 | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

...Including the Mellon interests of Pittsburgh; Transamerica Corp. (Bank of America); Bache & Co.'s Frank T. Ryan; Glore, Forgan & Co.; London's Hambros Bank, Ltd. and Robert Benson & Co., Ltd. Besides Stettinius and Grew, the individuals include the wartime OSS head, Major General William J. Donovan; Willys-Overland's Chairman James D. Mooney; Atlas Corp.'s L. Boyd Hatch, and Sir William Stephenson, British industrialist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FOREIGN TRADE: Idealism, Inc. | 10/6/1947 | See Source »

Next the village policeman arrived. He ordered Dennis not to interfere. Dennis telephoned the local office of the National Farmers' Union. At the other end of the line Secretary Gordon Smith shook his head and rang Area Secretary E. R. Benson for advice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Planned Agriculture | 9/29/1947 | See Source »

John M. Teal, of 5620 Western Ave., Omaha, Nebraska, a graduate of Benson High School, Omaha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Scholarship Awards | 5/29/1947 | See Source »

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