Word: firming
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...second generation. No. i Guggenheim was Meyer, born in Switzerland in 1828, emigrating to the U. S. 19 years later. In Philadelphia, No. i Guggenheim vended various things, but first began making large profits through shoe-polish and glue. In 1872 he entered the embroidery business, taking into the firm his four eldest (of seven) sons: Daniel, Murry, Solomon, and Simon...
Although the Guggenheim Brothers work as a unit with majority vote ruling, Daniel is the recognized patriarch and is given the most credit for their expansion. He spread their interests to Alaska, Mexico, South America. Asia and Africa. The firm organized the Chile Copper Co., producing copper 9.500 ft. above sea level. In Chile, Daniel developed a new process for nitrate manufacture, and the firm has large holdings in this industry. For service in Belgian Congo, including metal and diamond mining, Daniel was made a Commander of the Order of the Crown of Belgium...
...devoted most of his time to wise philanthropy, including a $500,000 gift to Chile for aviation promotion. With his son, Harry Frank, U. S. Ambassador to Cuba, he has built up the famed Guggenheim Aviation Fund. However, while nominally retired, it is certain that Patriarch Daniel directed his firm's activities last fall...
...United Artists made Rain with Gloria Swanson, calling it Sadie Thompson; Hays permitted its release, but when producers pointed to this precedent as an argument for letting them bring out White Cargo, even suggesting that it could be disguised under its original title, Hell's Playground, he stood firm. White Cargo, in his opinion, was worse than Rain, worse than anything. Thus the way was open for the W. P. Film Co. of London, which bought the talking picture rights and released their product here, apparently without opposition. Their White Cargo is an uninspired photograph of the stage play...
...work he carried his shoes in his hand till he came to the city, to keep them from getting dusty. By the time the Civil War came, Wanamaker had saved enough money to go into business with his brother-in-law, Nathan Brown. The new firm advertised itself in conspicuous ways: by posters, by balloons, by tally-hos, by rhymed jingles in the newspapers...