Word: corps
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last week David Albert Schulte resigned as chairman of the Vadsco Sales Corp., holding company that absorbed Vivaudou last December. The reason given by President McHugh, who together with Broker Jules S. Bache bought Schulte's Vadsco stock, was that the Schulte-United 5? to $1 Stores were cutting prices, a merchandise-moving policy competitive to the interests of Vadsco's small retail customers. Asked to choose between companies, Mr. Schulte had decided to remain with his stores...
Hotel Waldorf-Astoria Corp. The cost of the new Hotel Waldorf-Astoria, Manhattan, to be completed in 1931 will be $28,100,000. Erected on New York Central property (Park Avenue from 49th to 50th St.) the railroad will furnish up to $10,000,000 toward the hotel's completion. Other funds will come from the sale of stock and an $11,000,000 bond issue, offered last week...
...bottle-capped top of the Bromo Seltzer Tower building which contains the offices of the Emerson Drug Co., manufacturers of Bromo Seltzer since 1891. Last week a new holding company, Emerson's Bromo Seltzer, Inc., was formed to take over Emerson Drug and the Maryland Glass Corp. Once making only Bromo Seltzer bottles, Maryland Glass devotes now only about 25% of its business to the famed blue bottle, has an annual capacity of 72,00,000 bottles. Over the company will still preside rotund, hard-playing Capt. Isaac Emerson, whose Bromo Seltzer fortunes have bubbled into millions...
Central Alloy Steel Corp. Plans of Cleveland's Cyrus S. Eaton to form a giant alloy and special steel company were rumored when last week the Central Alloy Steel Corp. with which Mr. Eaton is identified, acquired the Interstate Iron and Steel Co. Central Alloy is the dominant U. S. producer of alloy steels. Interstate is a large manufacturer of iron and steel bars and general wire products, with plants adapted to the production of alloy steels. Donner Steel Co. is another manufacturer of special steels recently Eatonized...
...theatres throughout the U. S. audiences heard this message delivered through Fox Movietone. The birthday gift was advice that Fox patrons buy outright as many shares as they could afford of Fox Theatres Corp.* operating and holding company for his gigantic chain. As special inducement they were told of plans for future expansion and the large earnings that were possible...