Word: haase
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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In September, 1926, a wealthy industrialist named Rudolf Haas was arrested in Magdeburg, Germany, charged with murder. He was later released and his honor restored when another man, one Richard Schroeder, was found guilty of the crime. In 1947, a German film company took this incident and with the superb...
Bursting Seams. Old Levi died a bachelor in 1902, leaving the company to his nephews. Blue-eyed, urbane Walter A. Haas, who married one of Levi's grandnieces, became president in 1928 and pushed its expansion. When dude ranches became popular in the '30s, Haas introduced "Levis for...
By World War II's end, demand was so great that Haas, who already had four factories, built four more. Since it is-privately owned, the company never reports its gross or net. It has an annual payroll of $5,000,000; sales last year mounted to 6,000...