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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...scuttle the cutter with all hands aboard. With himself he debated too long, for the guardsmen rushed him while he pondered. His gun cracked spitefully. Three men dropped to the deck dead-Guardsmen Sidney Sanderlin and Victor A. Lamby, U. S. Secret Service Agent Robert K. Webster...
Inoperative for three months was the United Stores Corp., formed as a holding company last June to assume control of United Cigars Co., Tobacco Products Corp. (TIME, June 17). Although George K. Morrow and Frederick K. Morrow, heads of the Gold Dust Corp., were then announced as dominant figures in the new holding concern, George J. Whelan, oldtime United Cigar Store tycoon, continued to manage the affairs of the two tobacco companies...
United Aircraft & Transport, by a stock trade, last week, acquired control of Standard Steel Propeller Co., West Homestead, Pa., maker of air propellers from aluminum alloy. United Aircraft was also organizing Northrup Aviation Corp. to take over the assets of John K. Northrup's Avian Corp., which is developing a new type of all-metal plane at Los Angeles. Recently United acquired Sikorsky Aviation Corp. (amphibians) and Stearman Aircraft Co. (commercial planes), is negotiating for Douglas Aircraft Co. (sport planes...
Comparable, in the drug field, to Stand ard Brands of General Foods in the food field. Drug, Inc. has back of it no J. P. Morgan, no E. F. Hutton. Its central name has been Louis K. Liggett, board chairman and founder of L. K. Liggett Co. and United Drug Co. Beginning his merchandising career as a traveling salesman for John Wanamaker, Mr. Liggett soon went into business for himself, making and selling headache powders that sold three for a quarter. The headache powders were not very successful, however, as people only had one headache at a time and were...
...leave Princeton, to teach the following subjects at the new school: Dr. Machen-New Testament; Dr. Wilson- Old Testament criticism; Semitic philology. Committees were formed Westminster Theologies tentatively adopted, pledges of 22,000 made. It was hinted that the seminary would open in the fall. Acting Secretary is Roland K. Armes, 1237 Commercial Trust Building, Philadelphia. Contributions gratefully received...