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...profits of the four great dime store chains were collated last week. F. W. Woolworth Co., S. S. Kresge Co., McCrory Stores Corp. and S. H. Kress & Co. all together had available for dividends $43,352,240, a gain of $7,435,759-20.7%-over the $35,916,481 which their net earnings were in 1924. (1924 earnings were only $580,372-1.5%-greater than those of 1923.) Comparison...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Dime Store Profits | 6/14/1926 | See Source »

There is only one Liggett's, but it is iterated 300 times in the U. S., 40 times in Canada, 700 times in England.* Recently the Liggett Co. began a campaign of extension on the Pacific Coast. In Los Angeles it bought four stores of the Kress Drug Co.; in Oakland five of the Bowman Co.; in Glendale another thriving shop. In Seattle it began to negotiate for the ten Bartel drug stores; in Tacoma for three stores of the French Drug Co. Last week it completed the largest of its late amalgamations by purchasing (for $500,000 cash...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Liggett's | 12/7/1925 | See Source »

Relations between Berlin and Munich (capital of Bavaria) were badly strained. President Ebert of Germany discussed General Lossow, commander of the Reichswehr (Reich Defence Force) in Bavaria, and replaced him with General Baron Kress von Kressenstein. Dr. von Kahr, Dictator of Bavaria, reappointed General Lossow to command of the Reichswehr, thus openly defying Berlin. By establishing a trusteeship authority over the Federal troops garrisoned in Bavaria, Dr. von Kahr virtually "kidnapped" 12,000 men. Baron von Kressenstein asked the Berlin Government to relieve him of his uncomfortable position. Dr. von Kahr and Minister President von Knilling declared that Bavaria...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Reich Tremors | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

Five man relay team--Harvard: J. V. Quinlan '07, P. A. Wyman '08, C. R. D. Meier '06, J. Palmer 1L., F. P. Allen '09. Columbia: Clarke, Matz, Kress, McKinley, Brown. Pennsylvania: McCarey, Kopkinson, Newbold, Giller; fifth man undecided...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Meet in Phila. Tonight | 3/10/1906 | See Source »

...yard swim--C. R. D. Meier '06, J. Palmer 1L., Kress (C>), Giller...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Swimming Meet in Phila. Tonight | 3/10/1906 | See Source »

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