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Dates: during 1930-1939
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This denial was caused by a statement made to Emerson, Collins' rival in the manufacture of respirators, by Nelson Littell, of New York City, attorney for Warren E. Collins, Inc. Emerson states that during the course of his talk with Littell, the lawyer said, "Professor Drinker is paying for part of this law suit, and new patent applications have been filed in his name." Littell now denies this...
...airship cause, against a stone wall of official opposition raised by the crash of the Shenandoah in 1925. Other guest officers were Commander Fred T. Berry, last skipper of the decommissioned Los Angeles; Lieut.-Colonel Alfred F. Masury of the Army Ordnance Reserve, vice president of Mack Trucks Inc...
Back in Manhattan from Hollywood where he had supervised six two-reel contract bridge films for RKO Radio Pictures. Inc. Bridge Expert Ely Culbertson alibied his cancellation of a bridge match with the four Marx Brothers who play a fair game. Having agreed to a quiet game, he found they had hired a hall and invited 300 cinema stars to watch the "world's championship." Zeppo and Chico were to play, Harpo to advise, Groucho to perch on a tower behind Culbertson wigwagging signals. Best bridging Marx is Zeppo, best gambler Chico. All play a good bargaining game...
Brentano's, Inc., largest retail book chain in the U. S., passed into receivership. Gross sales last year were reported "about $1,500,000" as compared to $3,000,000 in "a good year." Cause for the receivership was the petition of seven publishers to whom Brentano's owed sums up to $19,000 each. For some time the firm has been operating on a standstill agreement providing the freezing of some $375,000 owed to publishers. Last week two or three publishers grew restless. Receivership followed. Other publishers pointed out that if Brentano's were forced...
Louis K. Liggett Co. Drug Inc.'s Liggett chain with 450 stores has long been in difficulties by reason of falling sales. Chief expense needing reduction to make ends meet was rent. Arduous efforts were made to get Liggett's landlords to join in granting rent relief of $1,400,000 in order to carry on. In recent weeks this result was practically achieved but sales fell faster than rents. Last week the company gave up, went into bankruptcy...