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About 40, Motty Eitingon must concern himself with such problems as the supervision of a Polish subsidiary engaged in the textile industry, proper handling of a $16,000,000 fur contract with the U. S. S. R., preservation of secret dye formulas. He has, however, plenty of time for relaxation, which he divides between a home on Park Avenue, and another in Leipzig. Riding, music, are his hobbies; generosity his outstanding characteristic. To satisfy his riding urge he keeps a string of horses in Manhattan. He is said to have been the patron of the violinist Benno Rabinov. His spending...
...Chemistry. Long a great bogy has been the German Dye Trust. But since the War the U. S. chemical industry has flourished. In 1929 exports of chemicals exceeded $200,000,000, up $25,000,000 from 1928. In sales and profits U. S. chemical companies lead the world. More than half the U. S. business is done by its three biggest companies: du Pont, Allied Chemical & Dye, Union Carbide & Carbon. Excluding du Pont's investment in General Motors, the total assets of these three come to $585,718,000-or nearly twice the size of the Garvan-feared...
Fact No. 2. Democratic Senator William Henry King of Utah, foe of high dye and chemical duties, received campaign contributions from Herman A. Metz, potent Manhattan dye importer, President of General Dyestuffs Corp. According to Samuel Russell, Senator King's longtime secretary and adviser, Mr. Metz sent to the 1922 King campaign in Utah $1,000 in cash, and forwarded to the Senator himself a $1,000 check for his 1928 campaign for reelection. Senator King denied knowledge of the cash contribution, claimed he had torn up the Metz check in 1928. Despite his general denials to newsmen, Senator...
...three recent operations on his defective ear. But of all the academicians, most luckless is Antonio Beltramelli, Fascist author of Il Uomo Nuovo, "The New Man," a paeon praising Il Duce. To celebrate his immortality he dyed his remaining hair a rich and glossy black. The hair dye soaked into his skull, affected his brain, according to his doctor. Previously he had married a lady, described by the Fascist press as "a Japanese beauty." Last week, sick, mad, and feebly tearing his raven hair, he was said to be in such condition that his keepers expected speedy Death...
...Niagara-potent, dye-making Schoellkopf family gave $1,500,000. Teachers in Buffalo's public schools gave $23,244. Publisher Edward Hubert Butler of Buffalo's Evening News gave $50,000. The Hoefler Ice Cream Co. gave $2,500. Driver Cooke and three other trustees gave $800,000. Out-of-town alumni sent $29,450 and 175 students at the Law School raised $2,963.50. . . . When finally the crusade was over and all the cash in hand, Driver Cooke said: "I'm very happy-and goddam tired...