Word: devere
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Died. Dever Howard Warner, 65, board chairman of Warner Brothers Co. (corset manufacturers-TIME, Aug. 20); of a heart attack; in Fairfield, Conn...
...Goodwin 1,513 LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR Haigis (No Contest) Hurley 590 Kelley 197 SECRETARY OF STATE Cook (No Contest) Santosuosso 266 Blake 44 Buckley 168 Dugan 68 O'Brien 37 Riley 11 Sullivan 58 TREASURER Dionne 1,534 Hurley (No Contest) Vinson 1,117 ATTORNEY-GENERAL Warner (No Contest) Dever 163 Dever 51 Chaponar 71 Sullivan 105 AUDITOR Cook 1,591 Buckley 505 Plgeon 1,071 Walsh 136 Atherton 179 Rich...
Corsets: Old Style. The Florodora girls were but babies when the U. S. corset industry began. For practical purposes the date is 1874. That year two specialists in women's diseases, the Brothers Ira DeVer and Lucien C. Warner, rented a wooden house in Cortland, N. Y., hired some girls to make "health"' corsets. Two years later they opened a factory in Bridgeport. By 1880 their corset business was so prosperous that they quit the medical profession, moved to Bridgeport...
Last week no depressing seasonal valleys, no troublesome style changes marred the corset curve. Warner Brothers' Chairman DeVer Howard, 65, son of the elder of the two founders, stayed in Bridgeport busily manufacturing. But proudly walking around the Warner Bros, showroom was the son of the other founder, shrewd, kindly Lucien Thompson Warner, 52, who was last year selected by his colleagues to head the committee which codified corsets, seventh industry to come under the NRA. And busy in their own showrooms chatting with buyers were the proprietors of many another corset company whose name is familiar...
Concerning the package store, both Senator Putnam and Representative Dever did not believe that it should be kept away from the neighborhood of the University. "The proprietor should not neglect to ascertain the age of his customer," explained Mr. Dever. "It is like selling 'dirty' books; the storekeeper has his conscience for his judge as to whether he should make the sale or not. He must remember the responsibility that is put into his hands, and also that his license can be immediately revoked if he breaks...