Word: gustavus
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Rev. Luther Gustavus Barrett, 94, oldest Harvard College graduate.† onetime (1894-1911) president of Jackson College (Jackson, Miss.); in Melrose...
...Charleston, W. Va., Governor William Gustavus Conley opened the door of the Executive Mansion's furnace, was greeted by a deafening explosion, burned about the face and arms by a jet of flame, struck down by the flying 100-lb. door...
...Gustavus Adolphus and Wallenstein," Professor Fay, Harvard...
...succeeded as chairman of Swift & Co, Swift Internacional raises livestock in South America. New Zealand, Australia. It sells mostly in Europe; by a trade agreement formed in 1927 Swift Internacional, Armour, and English-owned Union Cold Storage share 69% of the South American-European beef trade. Son of Founder Gustavus Franklin Swift, President Swift went to no college, began work in the Stock Yards at an early age. He became a cattle-buyer, was made vice president of Swift & Co. in 1909, vice chairman in 1931. He is married to Claire Dux, soprano. Last week the price of hogs...
...been planning an immediate European vacation, he later stated his brother "had been in his usual good health and spirits. . . . His affairs are in excellent condition." Packer Swift's son said: "Father was always insisting on fresh air." Second of the six able sons of the late Founder Gustavus Franklin Swift of Swift & Co. (a meat peddler of Barnstable, Mass, who went West to enter Chicago's packing industry), Son Edward Foster grew up in his father's business as a shrewd cattle buyer, headed the worldwide organization after Elder Brother Louis Franklin retired last January. Unlike...