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...Fowler had married Mrs. Anne Urquhart ("Fifi") Stillman, 19 years his senior; her daughter Muriel, Major Elisha Dyer Hubbard, 24 years her senior; her daughter Mathilde, Swiss Riding Master Max Oser, 30 years her senior. Each of these marriages upset her. In her will she left Muriel only four-twelfths of her estate. Mathilde two-twelfths, faithful Fowler only one-twelfth...
...Elisha Walker, bankless banker, and Herbert Bayard Swope, rufous onetime executive editor of the old New York World, were made directors of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corp. at the request of a group reported to hold 150,000 shares and headed by Bernard Mannes Baruch. Financier Baruch's direct entrance into B. M. T. affairs was thought likely to hasten unification of New York's scrambled subways...
...also convinced them that they should work with each other to the extent of merging. They did and Mr. Armsby went with them. When Blair & Co., Inc. was bought by Transamerica, Mr. Armsby found himself working for his longtime California friend and oldtime fellow fruiterer, Amadeo Peter Giannini. When Elisha Walker, then chairman of Bancamerica-Blair, and Mr. Giannini began to disagree, Mr. Armsby took no sides, respecting his friendship with each...
...hundred of the 250,000 stock-holders of Transamerica Corp. went to Wilmington last week for the annual meeting, determined to support Amadeo Peter Giannini in his attempt to oust Elisha Walker's management (TIME, Feb. 15). Much sooner than was expected the 200 stockholders heard what they wanted, yelled and cheered. For their votes and other votes gave founder Giannini 15,371,578 votes...
Apparently knowing he was beaten, Elisha Walker did not attend the meeting. After conceding defeat he said ironically: "As the largest stockholder of Transamerica, I wish the management every possible success." Mr. Walker's 400,000 (estimated) shares were worth $1.900.000 last week against...