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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Elected. Artemus L. Gates, 33, son-in-law of the late Henry Pomeroy Davison of J. P. Morgan & Co.; to be president of New York Trust Co. Harvey Dow Gibson, retiring president, was elected executive committee chairman...
Died. Minor Cooper Keith, 81, of Babylon, L. I., founder of United Fruit Co., president_ of International Railways of Central America; at Babylon...
There is now a meter for measuring the intensity of ultraviolet rays. Its inventor, Dr. Harvey Clayton Rentschler (Ph. D.) director of lamp research for the Westinghouse Lamp Co., exhibited it last week at the annual meeting of the New York Electrical Society, as his inaugural demonstration upon assuming the Society's presidency...
...From two gallons of gas oil and fuel oil so treated, approximately one gallon of gasoline could be produced. This breaking down or splitting of the molecules was called cracking. The cracking process was first (1910) commercially perfected by William M. Burton, Standard Oil of Indiana chemist. Later Texas Co. developed the Holmes-Manley process, Standard of New Jersey the tube-and-tank process, and Gasoline Products Corp. the Cross process. Other processes followed and the petroleum industry found itself in the midst of patent infringement litigation featured 'by a Texas v. Standard of Indiana suit. Therefore Standard...
Large among San Francisco banks are Crocker First National, Crocker First Federal Trust Co. and American Trust Co. Last week these three institutions merged into one, became rival to Amadeo Peter Giannini's many-branched Bank of Italy. Resources of the merged companies will be more than $400,000,000; deposits more than...