Word: corrigan
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...York contains more Irish Catholics than any other city in the world. Its five archbishops have been named Hughes, McCloskey, Corrigan, Farley, Hayes. Its handsome Gothic Cathedral on Fifth Avenue is dedicated to St. Patrick. Of the city's priests, policemen, bartenders, politicians, firemen, judges and streetcar conductors, a goodly number are named for the Scottish-born saint who brought Christianity to Ireland. Thus there was plenty of cause for pious feeling last week when the authentic spiritual successor of St. Patrick-Joseph Cardinal MacRory, Archbishop of Armagh, Primate of All Ireland-visited New York...
Late last summer when steel operations were down to 20% of capacity. Tom Mercer Girdler boldly announced a $323,000,000 merger of his Republic Steel Corp. and Corrigan, McKinney (TIME, Sept. 10). Steelman Girdler slaved over the registration of $78,000,000 of securities and lined up enough stockholders to assure the deal's success...
...slightest warning the Department of Justice cracked down with an anti-trust suit to block Tom Girdler's merger. At the same time suit was filed against seven individuals under an obscure section of the Clayton Act, charging interlocking directorships in ten independent steel companies including Republic and Corrigan, McKinney...
...bold, downright boss of the third biggest U. S. steel corporation is doing something more than talk about steel's prospects. Now in the midst of a merger with Corrigan, McKinney and Truscon, he is supposed to have plans for further mergers under the hat that almost never leaves his baldish head, except when he sleeps and banquets. Topping all this activity is a recapitalization scheme which is intended to put Republic's finances on a solid steel foundation...
...plant of smallish Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co. in Cleveland one day last week, employes clustered around bulletin boards on which were posted notices of a 10% wage increase effective April 1. Such was the signal for a general upping of all steel wages. One by one other steel companies fell in line. Finally U. S. Steel made it official for the industry by announcing a raise of "approximately 10%" for some 140,000 of its employes. Noteworthy was the fact that for the first time U. S. Steel allowed an independent to initiate the new wages of steel...