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...well-known public relations counsel whom the committee interviewed were Edward Bernays, promoter of the celebration of Thomas Edison's eightieth birthday, and Ivy Lee, counsel for John D. Rockefeller, the Pennsylvania Railroad, and Charles A. Lindbergh. The committee also is interested in the counter-publicity organizations which newspapers have formed to protect their advertising space against the competition of artificial news items. Such a society is the American Newspaper Publishing Association that sends its members regular bulletins on the latest publicity stunts and stories and their sources. This association also helps protect the public against accepting as news material...
Edwin Wilbur Rice Jr., 69, honorary chairman of General Electric, onetime (1913-22) company president, the Edison medal; for developing electrical systems and apparatus and encouraging scientific research in industry...
...elected chairman of Consolidated Gas Co? of New York, filling a position left vacant since the resignation in 1914 of the late Harrison Gawtry, founder of the company. Mr. Carlisle's election followed the sudden resignation of Matthew Scott Sloan from the presidency of its subsidiary, New York Edison Co. Mr. Sloan was generally believed to represent the Brady interests. Mr. Carlisle represents the National City-United Corp. group, thought to be strengthening their position in Gas. Re-elected president of the company for the 24th time was George Bruce Cortelyou, onetime (1907-09) Secretary of the Treasury...
William Green emerges from obscurity to take up the gage for the six-hour day. Mr. Ford toyed with the idea as long as it seemed to promise profit for him, Edison considered its final adoption inevitable, but it has remained for Mr. Green to take any real steps to spread the system. Yet few know that the plan has now been in successful operation in a modern factory for more than a year. This development is the more significant because it promises to alleviate the American unemployment situation...
Several public utility systems made more money in 1931 than 1930, including Detroit Edison, Pacific Lighting and United Gas Improvement...