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Organizer. Dominant in the formation of T. A. T., Inc., were General William Wallace Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad and Clement Melville Keys, president of Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., Inc. General Atterbury had noted that most railroads had failed to cooperate effectively with motorbus lines and he did not want the same thing to happen with airlines. For four years, he planned T. A. T., Inc., with Mr. Keys and executives of the Santa Fe Railroad, Wright Aeronautical Corp., National Air Transport, Inc. (carriers of U. S. mail), and others. "The time is ripe . . .," said General Atterbury last week...
...same time, the stocks of Wright Aeronautical Corp. and of Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co., were soaring on the New York Stock Exchange. A contributing factor was that both President Clement...
Melville Keys of Curtiss and President Charles Lanier Lawrance of Wright were on the board of directors...
...Curtiss, since its reorganization in 1923 under the leadership of Clement Melville Keys, has become a miniature General Motors of the air-makers of the complete plane (fuselage, engine propeller, accessories). Founder Glenn Curtiss, no longer with the firm, is in the real estate business in Florida. Last week, Curtiss stock reached a new high of $192.75 and closed at $145. On the day-before-Lindbergh, it was easily obtainable...
Blair & Co. of Manhattan Hayden, Stone & Co. of Manhattan Hemphill, Noyes & Co. of Manhattan Knight, Dysart & Gamble of St. Louis J. C. Willson & Co. of Louisville, Ky. Lend, Goodwin & Tucker, Inc., of San Francisco. -Curtiss cut the first melon several weeks...