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Died. Charles Prosper Eugene Schneider, 74, one of the world's big munitions makers; in Paris. Hawk-nosed, trim-mustached, elegant, cynical, softspoken, he was the archetype of the cinethriller version of a mysterious merchant of death. He impartially sold arms to most of the warring nations of the...
Societe Anonyme André Citroën was heavy on the Paris Bourse one day last week. In a fortnight the stock had tobogganed from 500 francs per share to 260. Andre Citroen, the bald, dapper little "Ford of France," was in swift financial waters. From one excited broker to another sped reports of a general creditors' meeting at the Bank of France. Finally the Agence Economique et Financiére, the Dow, Jones & Co. of Paris, rumbled authoritatively...
Early one morning last week bugles rang out on the sharp mountain air of Innsbruck in the western spur of Austria that is the Austrian Tyrol. Tyrolese in their Lederhosen watched with amazement as the garrison troops marched forth, climbed into buses and rolled off toward Scharnitz on the Bavarian...
Significance. It is said that once Sidney Zollicoffer Mitchell claimed his Electric Bond & Share would eventually manage all the power companies of the world. Far-distant as this may be, last week's deal gave Bond & Share a large wedge in the European utility situation and placed it in...