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...BURLINGTON MILLS Corp., No. 1 U.S. producer of synthetic textiles, is bidding for control of Pacific Mills (which ranks seventh in cottons and woolens). In one big deal Burlington bought (mostly from Ely & Walker Dry Goods Co.) close to 20% of Pacific's 959,052 shares at $50 each (v. $36.50 on the stock market), has offered to pay same price for another 285,000 shares to get voting control...
...build a good foundation for the railroad." Try Research. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Perlman got his start in railroading as an engine-wiper before moving into the engineering end of the business. After a stint in the RFC's railroad division and at the Burlington, he joined the bankrupt...
...acts as the sartorial conscience of well-dressed Englishmen, sent its man to survey fashions displayed in works hung at the Royal Academy's summer exhibition of contemporary paintings. To his dismay. Tailor's critic discovered that, clearly, the best-dressed man "hanging on the wall at Burlington House" was pinstriped Winthrop W. Aldrich, U.S. Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, whose likeness in Savile Row finery was painted by famed British Portraitist James Gunn (TIME, May 10). Said Tailor: "If we reflect that our British reputation for fine clothes owes a great deal...
TEXTILE SLUMP is getting more serious. Following slowdown announcements by Textron and J. P. Stevens & Co., six more big companies (among them: No. 1 synthetic producer Burlington Mills) are planning to shut down for one to two weeks, lay off 30,000 workers...
...sophomore Crimson debating teams entered the University of Vermont Invitational Tournament at Burlington last Friday and Saturday, won eight out of ten debates, and placed fourth among the 45 competing schools...