Word: interests
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...liquor at her Easter party to set a law observance fashion and please President Hoover. Mrs. Strawbridge wrote to ladies of Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago, New York. She inquired "whether it would be possible to constitute a committee of women of your own standing in the social world, who would interest themselves in creating sentiment for observance of the Prohibition laws within their own circles. My eventual desire," said she, "is to form a national committee composed of national groups all over the country...
...economic, religious, with Prefect of Police Jean Chiappe over the matter of bathing trunks. Some weeks ago a young French reporter paid a secret visit to the Nudist colony. So depressing, so disillusioning was his published account of the flabby spectacle that the romantic French press and public lost interest in the entire business...
...North Pole (1926) the Fund sent his plane around the U. S. to focus attention on the development of aircraft and the need for municipal airports. The Fund sent Col. Lindbergh and his plane to at least one city in each of the 48 States to increase popular interest in aviation. When the French Flyers Nungesser & Coli disappeared while crossing the Atlantic westward (1927) Daniel Guggenheim gave $25,000 for an expedition to locate them. Last December he gave the Chilean Government $500,000 to establish full aeronautical instruction...
When, last fortnight, J. P. Morgan & Co. announced a merger of three potent New York State power companies (TIME, June 24), only New York Staters were deeply interested. When, last week, final approval of the long-pending merger of Continental Oil and Marland Oil companies was interpreted as first step in a national Morgan oil corporation, public interest was wider but still quiescent. But also announced last week was a Morgan-managed merger of Fleischmann Co., Royal Baking Powder Co., and E. W. Gillett, Ltd.* At that the country sat up and took sharp notice...
...arranged by a committee consisting of Morgan-Partner Thomas Cochran, Fleischmann President Joseph C. Wilshire, Board Chairman Max C. Fleischmann, Royal President William Ziegler Jr. Mr. Wilshire will be president of the new company. The directorate will include Morgan-Men William Ewing and Henry P. Davison. The Morgan interest in the merger was accented by the personal friendship long existing between Morgan-Partner Cochran and Major Fleischmann, and by the Morgan ownership of a considerable portion of Fleischmann stock (estimated at 400,000 shares) purchased...