Word: dix
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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ARTHUR H. DIX...
After the War, no longer rich (but he is rich again today) Researcher Lawrance secured the help of friends and relatives and founded Lawrance Aero Engine Corp. While his wife, the former Emily Dix (granddaughter of famed John Adams Dix, onetime governor of New York) disposed of part of their Long Island estate to raise funds, he completed his nine-cylinder models. By that time Wright Aeronautical Corp. foresaw the collapse of the market for water-cooled types which it had been building. In 1923 Wright bought out Lawrance Aero Engine Corp. and acquired the founder. Soon afterward the Whirlwind...
Central Square: Richard Dix in "Shooting Straight" and Dorothy Mackail in "The Love Racket". Both interesting...
Until last week if J. O. Villeneuve of Manhattan wanted to buy 1,000 shares of Dix Butte Mining Co. he would have to ask an over-the-counter house to search for a seller, or else arrange to obtain the stock on the San Francisco Mining Exchange. But last week when Mr. Villeneuve decided he wanted 1,000 Dix Butte he did none of these things. He simply went to the New York Mining Exchange of which he is a member, bought the 1,000 shares from Benjamin M. Berger, fellow member, for 40? a share...
What shares will eventually be the leaders on the New York Mining Exchange is not yet known. In addition to Dix Butte, sales the first day were: 1,000 Genii at 50?, 2,000 Montana at 31?, 400 Moscow at 85?, 200 Newbec at 8?, 100 Park City at 36½?, 50 Silver King...