Word: davises
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Last week two cars full of deputies with shotguns escorted the prisoners to Decatur. Sheriff Bud Davis locked them up in a rickety jail which had been condemned for white prisoners two years ago. Thirty young militiamen mounted guard.
Mr. Firestone's brand has never been relished by the heads of his three potent competitors-Goodyear's Litchfield, U. S. Rubber's Davis, Goodrich's Tew. Until last fortnight when Mr. Tew assumed the unpopular rôle, Mr. Firestone almost always took the lead...
On "one fundamental principle," however, Mr. Firestone admitted there was and never had been "cooperation . . . cordial and constructive." That principle is the making of special brands (third and fourth grade) of tires for chain stores and mail-order houses to market at cut-rate prices. Mr. Firestone also makes third...
As they eliminated their own cheap lines, Mr. Tew, Mr. Davis and Mr. Litchfield simultaneously downed prices on their high grade brands. Not until last week did Mr. Firestone follow suit, and when he did, he cut his cheap tires to mailorder levels. Though the general list-price cut was...
The editor and business manager of Trend have helpful connections. Publisher Peter Vischer of Polo is the brother-in-law of Editor Frederick Guyn ("Fritz") Brownell, onetime general manager of the Washingtonian and editor of Buffalo Town Tidings. Adman Albert Davis Lasker is cousin to Business Manager Eugene Meier Warner...