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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Pedagogs and libertarians join this week celebrating the 70th birthday of Columbia University's shaggy John Dewey, pedagog, libertarian, "greatest living U. S. philosopher." Philosopher Dewey celebrated the coming event himself by marching last week, as chairman of a new league for independent political action, to a radio microphone to broadcast his indictment of U. S. politics. His phrases sounded earnest but threadbare. Excerpt...
Resigned. Louis Warren Hill, 57, chairman of Great Northern Railway. Son of famed Great Northern Founder James Jerome ("Empire Builder") Hill, Louis Hill began working for Great Northern in 1893, became president in 1907, chairman in 1912. Said he: "My father advised me to retire from active participation in railway affairs when I reached the age of 40. That time came and passed 17 years...
When they think the stock of their companies is selling too high, conscientious tycoons will often sound a warning. But mum is the traditional word when they deem it is going too cheap. Last week this convention of high finance was crisply broken by potent, unconventional Viscount Rothermere, dynamic chairman of the largest chain of British newspapers and allied interests...
...Hatry crash and the increase in the Bank rate."* Throughout the week all Britain continued agog over the astounding collapse of the numerous corporations fathered by daring, astute, masterful Clarence Charles Hatry. He sat in jail. But so many great personages are involved (Exhibit A: the Marquis of Winchester, chairman of one of the companies in the Hatry group) that details of the liquidation were kept hushed with a success only possible among the clannish businessmen of Britain...
...said to have discovered that Hatry had obtained a loan of over $1,000,000 by depositing as collateral fictitious bearer script certificates of City of Wakefield 4½% stock. Four Hatry group companies are now going through liquidation: General Securities Ltd., of which the Marquis of Winchester is chairman; the Austin Friars Trust, Ltd., Dundee Trust, and Oak Investment Corp., Ltd. Also under strictest Stock Exchange Committee investigation were Associated Automatic Machines Corp.; Drapery Trust; Retail Trade Corp.; Photomaton Parent Corp. and Far Eastern Photomaton Corp.-both companies operating coin-in-the-slot camera booths, unconnected financially with...