Word: fairburn
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...report to stockholders last week President William Armstrong Fairburn of Diamond Match Co. saw fit to deny the report that his company had tried to get out of its re-organization plan. His denial was quite definite for he saw fit to call the rumors "crude and imaginary, positively unwarranted by fact, void of substance and absolutely false...
...heard no.thing of it. But the fact remained that Diamond does not need cash if it has enough to give a $25 extra dividend, is therefore selling this stock for another reason. Strange was the fact that from Diamond's mystery-shrouded, little-known President William Armstrong Fairburn, came no denial of the Swedish story. Strange, because here would be a great opportunity to appeal to patriotic instincts, to say Diamond will remain a U. S. company. From these facts, many a banker and broker came to the opinion that Herr Kreuger has found a way to remain...