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Mellon sat at the head of the family board,* which could measure its wealth by the wealth of top U.S. industries: Gulf Oil, Koppers, Aluminum Co. of America, the Mellon Bank and the General Reinsurance Co., which have total assets of more than $3.3 billion, and in which the Mellons have absolute or dominant control; First Boston Corp., Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co., Westinghouse Air Brake Co., Pennsylvania Railroad, Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., in all of which the Mellons have large interests...
...served in World War II at a desk job in Washington. Home again as a brigadier general in the Army Reserve, Mellon took off his uniform and thought even harder. On the night he and Mrs. Mellon returned to Pittsburgh the city was engulfed in black smog so thick that from the William Penn Hotel they could not see the lights of the Mellon National Bank, half a block away...
...build his team around three fairly experienced men. Bob Russell is the quarterback in Columbia's winged T, and while he does not yet have Gene Resides passing ability or genius for calling plays, he runs and throws with competence and is a highly adequate field general...
Winston Churchill, speaking as Leader of the Opposition, called for an immediate general election, and in doing so took considerable risk, since an election at this time would almost certainly favor the Labor Government. Nevertheless, it seems probable that there will be a general election within the next two or three months. And faced with the prospect of dealing with a newly upheaved economy, the Government could conceivably hope for a Tory victory, in which Churchill and his Party would be left holding...
...Goodrich Co, and CIO United Rubber Workers signed a new contract yesterday, ending a 34-day strike for 15,000 workers in seven states. The new contract is subject to approval of the union's general executive board...