Word: colas
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Atlanta neighbors of Asa Griggs Candlet Jr., Coca-Cola tycoon, threatened to go to court unless he removed his private zoo from its present site, just within the stone wall at the public roadside, to a remote part of his estate. Mr. Candler began collecting animals four months ago. In cages along the estate wall he placed a Bengal tiger, five elephants (including Rosie, world's largest), a pair of black leopards, a pair of lions (the female is expectant), a pair of llamas which recently had issue, deer, camels, Himalayan goats, zebras, Shetland ponies imported from Germany, eight...
Happiness, Too. Last week Happiness ("In Every Box") Candy Stores joined Loft, Inc., The Mirror and Pepsi-Cola Co. in their fight against Coca-Cola Co. Happiness sought $2,250,000 in damages, bringing the total of the actions to $11,750,000. Allegations were the same ones of libel and "malicious interference" with the Pepsi-Cola contracts (TiME...
...reward will be paid ... for information leading to the detection of any dealer substituting Pepsi-Cola for any other 5¢ drink...
Obvious reason for the label is to show that Pepsi-Cola is not being sold deliberately as a substitute for Coca-Cola. When Coca-Cola Co. saw the label it scouted about, wrote Pepsi-Cola Co. last month that "your product ... has been and is now being substituted and passed off for Coca-Cola ... at ten Loft, six Happiness and seven Mirror stores. . . . This detection . . . entitles us to the reward . . . and we herewith . . . make demand upon you for the payment...
Last fortnight Loft and Pepsi-Cola answered with $7,000,000 worth of damage suits, charging Coca-Cola has maliciously attempted to break Pepsi-Cola's contracts, to hurt Loft's business (TIME, May 16). Last week the Mirror stores (operated by Loft) joined the fray and brought suits for $1,250,000 in damages. A million dollars was asked for general interference with the Loft-Mirror-Pepsi-Cola contracts, charging that Coca-Colans had bribed Mirror employes, had attacked Mirror's stock, had interfered with customers, had stolen goods. The second suit for $250,000 was because of Coca...