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...George Morris Dorrance, Philadelphia's soup-rich (Campbell) facial surgeon, was saved from drowning in a high surf at Palm Beach's Bath & Tennis Club by munitions-rich Lammot du Pont and two naval officers...
...company were named in an anti-trust suit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice. Named with him were 1) I.C.I.'s deputy chairman, Lord Melchett; 2) E. I. du Pont de Nemours, Inc., Board Chairman Lammot du Pont and President Walter Samuel Carpenter Jr.; 3) Remington Arms Co. and its president, Charles Krum Davis...
Last week Du Pont announced that two models of Mr. Burnham's folder, to fold three sizes of bandage, are now in mass production. With high industrial grandeur, the bulletin added that Lammot du Pont, chairman of the Board of Directors, applied the inventor's basic principle and developed a working model that has been adopted as standard by the Delaware Red Cross for folding the smallest size dressing...
...retiring president, indomitable Albert W. Hawkes (Congole-um-Nairn): "We want to preserve our system. We are not fighting for a new, unknown system." A resolution to curb bonuses as well as wages for the duration produced the first floor fight in seven years of Chamber conventions. Lammot du Pont declared: "The point that irks me most is the idea of not being allowed to pay extra compensation for more and better work. A bonus does not affect prices, it reduces the cost." The Chamber also fiercely debated the open shop before demanding legislation to protect...
...Washington to tell a grand jury about his campaign contributions, thin, knife-faced Tycoon Lammot du Pont backed off when cameramen began an encircling movement. Explained Photophobe Du Pont: "One time I received a letter asking for the loan of $15,000 from a fellow who said he had seen my picture in the paper and knew I would give him the money because my face was 'so kind.' He sent the clipping. It was a picture of someone else...